HIV-Untested men who have sex with men in South Africa: The perception of not being at risk and fear of being tested

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2013, Pages

  Nel, Juan A ^a   Yi, Huso ^b   Sandfort, Theo G M ^c   Rich, Eileen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^b Prince of Wales Hospital   (Hong Kong)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV testing; Men who have sex with men; Prevention programs; Reasons for not being tested for HIV; Social exclusion; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY CARE; FEAR; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEAR; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880814841     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0329-4     Document Type: Article

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