Provision of Healthcare Services to Men Who Have Sex with Men in Nigeria: Students' Attitudes Following the Passage of the Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Law

LGBT Health

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 300-307

  Sekoni, Adekemi O ^a   Jolly, Kate ^b   Gale, Nicola K ^b   Ifaniyi, Oluwafemi A ^a   Somefun, Esther O ^c   Agaba, Emmanuel I ^d   Fakayode, Victoria A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Nigeria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^e Landstuhl Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Healthcare; Men who have sex with men (MSM); Undergraduates

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; NIGERIA; NON-MEDICAL STUDENT; ORGANIZATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAME-SEX MARRIAGE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOMOPHOBIA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL CONTROL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOPHOBIA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; NIGERIA; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85006189369     PISSN: 23258292     EISSN: 23258306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2015.0061     Document Type: Article

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