Perceived Importance of Five Different Health Issues for Gay and Bisexual Men: Implications for New Directions in Health Education and Prevention

American Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 274-284

  Grov, Christian ^a,b,c   Ventuneac, Ana ^b   Rendina, H Jonathon ^b,d   Jimenez, Ruben H ^b   Parsons, Jeffrey T ^b,c,d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Center for HIV/AIDS Educational Studies and Training   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

drugs and alcohol; gay and bisexual men; HIV; mental health; sexually transmitted infections; smoking

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BISEXUALITY; BODY IMAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUGS AND ALCOHOL; GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MEN'S HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS; SMOKING; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

DRUGS AND ALCOHOL; GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN; HIV; MENTAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BISEXUALITY; BODY IMAGE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880842789     PISSN: 15579883     EISSN: 15579891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557988312463419     Document Type: Article

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