A comparison of MSM stigma, HIV stigma and depression in HIV-positive latino and African American men who have sex with men (MSM)

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1454-1464

  Wohl, Amy Rock ^a,b   Galvan, Frank H ^c,h   Carlos, Juli Ann ^a   Myers, Hector F ^d   Garland, Wendy ^a   Witt, Mallory D ^e   Cadden, Joseph ^f   Operskalski, Eva ^f   Jordan, Wilbert ^g   George, Sheba ^h  

^a Division of HIV and STD Programs   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Bienestar Human Services   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g OASIS Clinic   (United States)

^h CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Depression; Gay men; Latino; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880736408     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0385-9     Document Type: Article

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