Willingness to use couples voluntary counseling and testing services among men who have sex with men in seven countries

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 191-198

  Stephenson, Rob ^a   Chard, Anna ^a   Finneran, Catherine ^a   Sullivan, Patrick ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

couples; HIV; MSM

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BRAZIL; COUNSELING; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; CANADA; COGNITION; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERNET; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; THAILAND; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BRAZIL; CANADA; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; THAILAND; UNITED STATES; VOLITION;

EID: 84906074049     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2013.808731     Document Type: Article

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