Resilience among gay/bisexual young men in Western Kenya: Psychosocial and sexual health outcomes

AIDS

Volumn 29, Issue , 2015, Pages S261-S269

  Harper, Gary W ^a   Wade, Ryan M ^a   Onyango, Daniel Peter ^b   Abuor, Pauline A ^c   Bauermeister, Jose A ^a   Odero, Wilson W ^d   Bailey, Robert C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Nyanza Rift Valley and Western Kenya (NYARWEK) Network   (United States)

^c NYANZA REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SOCIETY   (Kenya)

^d School of Medicine   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Gay; HIV; Kenya; prevention; resilience; youth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL MALE; CONDOM USE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG USE; HIV TEST; HOMOSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; KENYAN; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL HEALTH; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UCLA LONELINESS SCALE; ADOLESCENT; BISEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN RELATION; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BISEXUALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; KENYA; MALE; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947807558     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000000905     Document Type: Article

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