It gets better: Resolution of internalized homophobia over time and associations with positive health outcomes among MSM

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1423-1430

  Herrick, Amy L ^a   Stall, Ron ^a   Chmiel, Joan S ^b   Guadamuz, Thomas E ^a   Penniman, Typhanye ^c   Shoptaw, Steven ^d   Ostrow, David ^e   Plankey, Michael W ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gay men's health; Internalized homophobia; MSM health promotion; Resilience; Syndemics

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BISEXUALITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOPHOBIA; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ASSOCIATION; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOPHOBIA; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84880200632     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0392-x     Document Type: Article

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