Men Who Have Sex With Men in Kisumu, Kenya: Comfort in Accessing Health Services and Willingness to Participate in HIV Prevention Studies

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1712-1726

  Okall, Dancun O ^a   Ondenge, Ken ^a   Nyambura, Monicah ^a   Otieno, Fredrick O ^a   Hardnett, Felicia ^b   Turner, Kyle ^c   Mills, Lisa A ^a,d   Masinya, Kennedy ^e   Chen, Robert T ^b   Gust, Deborah A ^b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Inner City Fund International   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e Men Against AIDS Youth Group   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Africa; confidentiality; health services; Kenya; MSM; participation in HIV research studies; stigma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; KENYA; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH SUBJECT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907581625     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2014.951261     Document Type: Article

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