Sexual Motivation, Sexual Transactions and Sexual Risk Behaviors in Men who have Sex with Men in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2432-2441

  Bui, Thanh C ^a   Nyoni, Joyce E ^b   Ross, Michael W ^a   Mbwambo, Jessie ^c   Markham, Christine M ^a   McCurdy, Sheryl A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^c MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Africa; Men who have sex with men; Sex work; Sexual behavior; Sexual motivation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BISEXUALITY; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MOTIVATION; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANZANIA; TRANSMISSION; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; BISEXUALITY; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA;

EID: 84937512144     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: 15733254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-014-0808-x     Document Type: Article

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