Which gay men would increase their frequency of HIV testing with home self-testing?

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2084-2092

  Bavinton, Benjamin R ^a   Brown, Graham ^b   Hurley, Michael ^b   Bradley, Jack ^a   Keen, Phillip ^a   Conway, Damian P ^a   Guy, Rebecca ^a   Grulich, Andrew E ^a   Prestage, Garrett ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gay men; HIV testing; Home testing; Sexual behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; SERODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 84879018518     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-013-0450-z     Document Type: Article

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