Qualitative Assessment of Barriers and Facilitators of Access to HIV Testing among Men Who Have Sex with Men in China

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 481-489

  Liu, Yu ^a   Sun, Xiaoyun ^c   Qian, Han Zhu ^a,b   Yin, Lu ^a   Yan, Zheng ^c   Wang, Lijuan ^c   Jiang, Shulin ^c   Lu, Hongyan ^c   Ruan, Yuhua ^d,e   Shao, Yiming ^d,e   Vermund, Sten H ^a,b   Amico, K Rivet ^f  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^e State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPENSATION; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIV TEST; HOMOSEXUALITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEER GROUP; PROFESSIONALISM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAPID TEST; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; STIGMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIV INFECTIONS; INTERVIEW; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; CHINA; COUNSELING; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84940040405     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: 15577449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2015.0083     Document Type: Article

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