Challenges in Providing Counselling to MSM in Highly Stigmatized Contexts: Results of a Qualitative Study from Kenya

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Taegtmeyer, Miriam ^a,b   Davies, Alun ^b   Mwangome, Mary ^b   van der Elst, Elisabeth M ^b   Graham, Susan M ^b,c   Price, Matt A ^d,e   Sanders, Eduard J ^b,f  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL AIDS VACCINE INITIATIVE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; KENYA; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; POVERTY; PROSTITUTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

COUNSELING; CRIMINALS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; PEER GROUP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; RISK-TAKING; SELF CONCEPT; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84878749210     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064527     Document Type: Article

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