Going beyond the clinic: confronting stigma and discrimination among men who have sex with men in Mysore through community-based participatory research

Critical Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 73-87

  Lorway, Robert ^a   Thompson, Laura H ^a   Lazarus, Lisa ^c   du Plessis, Elsabé ^a   Pasha, Akram ^b   Fathima Mary, P ^b   Khan, Shamshad ^a   Reza Paul, Sushena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Ashodaya Samithi   (India)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

CBPR; HIV prevention; India; MSM

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM USE; EMPOWERMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIV PREVENTION; HUMAN; ILLNESS TRAJECTORY; INDIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; SEXISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL STIGMA; TRAINING;

EID: 84892532265     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: 14693682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2013.791386     Document Type: Article

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