Health care and HIV Testing experiences among black men in the south: Implications for "seek, test, treat, and retain" HIV Prevention Strategies

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 123-133

  Doshi, Rupali Kotwal ^a   Malebranche, David ^a   Bowleg, Lisa ^b   Sangaramoorthy, Thurka ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANDERSEN MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THEORY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873361418     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: 15577449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2012.0269     Document Type: Article

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