Joseph Aryankalayil, Margaret Shields, Michael Baird, Rathnayaka M K D Gunasingha, W Michael Pullen, Mark Johnson, Jamie Fitch, Ian Uber, Tamara Worlton
Evaluation of a Military Global Health Engagement Mission for Critical Wartime Surgical Specialty Readiness
Military medicine
men sex men suffer stigmatization discrimination become fragile facing lifes problems search treatment health services present study social aspects related discrimination violence among men sex men belm par evaluated data obtained applying respondentdriven sampling method recruit 349 participants aged 18 years older reported least one sexual relationship man last 12 months data collected june december 2016 semistructured interview five seeds initially recruited applied rds vast majority 18 35 years old completed elementary school high school mixed race almost third lived peripheral neighborhoods employedselfemployed additionally participants reported suffered aggressiondiscrimination often religious contexts family health services findings reported may contribute development public policies aimed population indicate need new strategies combat sexually transmitted infections stigma discrimination suffered population