Stigma, gay men and biomedical prevention: The challenges and opportunities of a rapidly changing HIV prevention landscape

Sexual Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 111-118

  Brown, Graham ^a   Leonard, William ^a   Lyons, Anthony ^a   Power, Jennifer ^a   Sander, Dirk ^b   McColl, William ^c   Johnson, Ronald ^c   James, Cary ^d   Hodson, Matthew ^e,f   Carman, Marina ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Deutsche Aidshilfe e V   (Germany)

^c AIDS UNITED   (United States)

^d TERRENCE HIGGINS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e GMFA   (United Kingdom)

^f NAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

community mobilisation; health promotion; men who have sex with men; policy; social inequality.

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOMOSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LANDSCAPE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; NONHUMAN; SOCIAL CHANGE; STIGMA; BISEXUALITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; PROCEDURES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STIGMA;

BISEXUALITY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 85012241632     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: 14498987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH16052     Document Type: Review

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