Motivating Men Who Have Sex with Men to Get Tested for HIV through the Internet and Mobile Phones: A Qualitative Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Blas, Magaly M ^a,b   Menacho, Luis A ^a,c   Alva, Isaac E ^a,b   Cabello, Robinson ^b   Orellana, E Roberto ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b Via Libre ^*  (Peru)

^c Epicentro   (Peru)

^d PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERNET; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOBILE PHONE; MOTIVATION; PERU; PROFESSIONALISM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEREOTYPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELLULAR PHONE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEAR; FOCUS GROUPS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERU; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872181795     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054012     Document Type: Article

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