Attitudes toward HIV voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) among African American men who have sex with men: Concerns underlying reluctance to test

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 195-211

  St Lawrence, Janet S ^a   Kelly, Jeffrey A ^b   Dickson Gomez, Julia ^b   Owczarzak, Jill ^c   Amirkhanian, Yuri A ^b   Sitzler, Cheryl ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH DISPARITY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOLUNTARY COUNSELING AND TESTING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; INTERVIEW; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STIGMA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL STIGMA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939152126     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2015.27.3.195     Document Type: Article

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