The Multiple Stigma Experience and Quality of Life in Older Gay Men With HIV

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 24-35

  Slater, Larry Z ^a   Moneyham, Linda ^b   Vance, David E ^b   Raper, James L ^c   Mugavero, Michael J ^d   Childs, Gwendolyn ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Gay; HIV; Quality of life; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84922513525     PISSN: 10553290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jana.2014.06.007     Document Type: Article

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