Moderno love: Sexual role-based identities and HIV/STI prevention among men who have sex with men in Lima, Peru

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1313-1328

  Clark, Jesse ^a   Salvatierra, Javier ^b   Segura, Eddy ^a   Salazar, Ximena ^b   Konda, Kelika ^a   Perez Brumer, Amaya ^a   Hall, Eric ^c   Klausner, Jeffrey ^a   Caceres, Carlos ^b   Coates, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; MSM; Peru; Sexual role; STI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LOVE; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; PERU; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENDER IDENTITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOVE; MALE; PERU; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880711257     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0210-5     Document Type: Article

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