"It's crazy being a Black, Gay youth." Getting information about HIV prevention: A pilot study

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 111-119

  Voisin, Dexter R ^a,b   Bird, Jason D P ^c   Shiu, Cheng Shi ^a,b   Krieger, Cathy ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b STI/HIV Intervention Network   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Children's Place Association of Chicago ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Black gay youth; HIV information; Motivation; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; APATHY; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; COMMUNITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FRIEND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOMOPHOBIA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LESBIAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MASS MEDIUM; NEGRO; PILOT STUDY; RACISM; SCIENTIST; TELEVISION; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADOLESCENT; APATHY; FOCUS GROUPS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOPHOBIA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PILOT PROJECTS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREJUDICE; RACISM;

EID: 84871619959     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2012.09.009     Document Type: Article

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