Internalized stigma and HIV status disclosure among HIV-positive black men who have sex with men

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 466-471

  Overstreet, Nicole M ^a   Earnshaw, Valerie A ^b   Kalichman, Seth C ^a   Quinn, Diane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

black men who have sex with men; disclosure; HIV; internalized stigma

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EPIDEMIC; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL STIGMA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL STIGMA; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875298641     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2012.720362     Document Type: Article

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