Is optimism enough? Gay men's beliefs about HIV and their perspectives on risk and pleasure

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Is optimism enough? Gay men's beliefs about HIV and their perspectives on risk and pleasure

BACKGROUND:: Measures of HIV treatments optimism were developed in response to increased risk behavior among gay men, but were limited in their capacity to help understand gay men's risk behavior. METHODS:: We explored current beliefs about HIV health and transmission and sexual desire and risk...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Prestage, G., Down, I., Bradley, J., McCann, P., Brown, Graham, Jin, F., Hurley, M.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	2012
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/3408

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