Understanding the Influence of Stigma and Medical Mistrust on Engagement in Routine Healthcare among Black Women Who Have Sex with Women

LGBT Health

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 4-10

  Brenick, Alaina ^a   Romano, Kelly ^b   Kegler, Christopher ^c   Eaton, Lisa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Independent Scholar ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers to care; lesbian; race ethnicity culture; women who have sex with women (WSW)

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUAL FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL MODEL; PREVALENCE; RACE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STIGMA; WOMEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH WOMEN; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; LESBIANISM; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITY; SOCIAL STIGMA; TRUST;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITIES; SOCIAL STIGMA; TRUST;

EID: 85010378821     PISSN: 23258292     EISSN: 23258306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lgbt.2016.0083     Document Type: Article

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