Internalized homophobia and reduced HIV testing among men who have sex with men in china

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 118-125

  Pyun, Thomas ^a   Santos, Glenn Milo ^b,c   Arreola, Sonya ^d   Do, Tri ^b   Hebert, Pato ^a   Beck, Jack ^a   Makofane, Keletso ^a   Wilson, Patrick A ^e   Ayala, George ^a  

^a Global Forum on MSM and HIV   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

epidemiology; global health; health care services; health education; health management; health promotion; men's health; public health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SERVICES; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOMOPHOBIA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MASS SCREENING; MEN'S HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE SERVICES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; MEN'S HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; CHINA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOPHOBIA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING;

EID: 84898987047     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539514524434     Document Type: Article

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