Sexual health screening among racially/ethnically diverse young gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 620-626

  Siconolfi, Daniel E ^a   Kapadia, Farzana ^a   Halkitis, Perry N ^a   Moeller, Robert W ^a   Storholm, Erik D ^a   Barton, Staci C ^a   Solomon, Todd M ^a   Jones, Donovan ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Bisexual; Gay; Sexual health; Sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MASS SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ANAL CANAL; BISEXUALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEW YORK CITY; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 84876674939     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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