Emerging themes for sensitivity training modules of African healthcare workers attending to men who have sex with men: A systematic review

International Health

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 151-162

  Dijkstra, Maartje ^a   Van Der Elst, Elise M ^a   Micheni, Murugi ^a   Gichuru, Evanson ^a   Musyoki, Helgar ^b   Duby, Zoe ^c   Lange, Joep M A ^d   Graham, Susan M ^a,e   Sanders, Eduard J ^a,d,f  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b Kenya National AIDS and STI Control Programme   (Kenya)

^c Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ART adherence; Community engagement; Healthcare worker; MSM sensitivity training; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; LUBRICATING AGENT;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICAN; ANAL INTERCOURSE; ANXIETY; BISEXUALITY; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; GENDER IDENTITY; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOMOPHOBIA; HOMOSEXUAL FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY TRAINING; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUAL PRACTICE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSGENDER; CURRICULUM; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HIV INFECTIONS; KENYA; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY;

CURRICULUM; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOPHOBIA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84930064701     PISSN: 18763413     EISSN: 18763405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/ihu101     Document Type: Review

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