Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health

Volume 3, Issue 4, December 2013, Pages 293 - 293

Corrigendum to “Correlates of health attitudes among homosexual and bisexual men” [J. Epidemol. Global Health 3(1) (2013) 31–39]

Authors
Deborah A. Gusta, *, dgust@cdc.gov, Sanjyot Shindea, Sherri L. Palsb, Felicia Hardnetta, Robert T. Chena, Travis Sancheza
aDivision of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States
bCenter for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States

DOI of original article: 10.1016/j.jegh.2012.12.006

*Corresponding author. Address: Epidemiology Branch, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, CDC, 1600 Clifton Rd., Mail-Stop E-45, Atlanta, GA 30333, United States. Tel.: +1 404 639 8841; fax: +1 404 639 6127.
Corresponding Author
Deborah A. Gustdgust@cdc.gov
Available Online 23 October 2013.
DOI
10.1016/j.jegh.2013.09.005How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2013 Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Open Access
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

The author regrets to inform that there was an incorrect message in the abstract and the correct abstract should be:

There is increased emphasis on physician attention to the overall health and wellness of homosexual and bisexual men, though little is known about the health-related attitudes of these groups. This study determined factors associated with the health attitudes of homosexual and bisexual men and identified preferred sources of health information. For this study, the 2008 ConsumerStyles panel survey was used to create three health attitude scales and to determine factors associated with each scale. The three scales were labeled: (1) health motivation; (2) relationship with health care provider; and (3) self-perception of health literacy. In addition to other factors, higher scores for health motivation and relationship with health care provider were associated with black compared with white men. In contrast, lower scores for self-perception of health literacy were associated with black compared with white men. For information on an unfamiliar health condition, most homosexual and bisexual men chose the internet. Black homosexual and bisexual men reported being motivated to be healthy and working well with their health care provider to manage their health. However, their perception of their own health literacy was low compared with the white men. Attempts to improve health literacy through internet sites may be helpful in improving health attitudes and reducing negative health outcomes.

Journal
Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health
Volume-Issue
3 - 4
Pages
293 - 293
Publication Date
2013/10/23
ISSN (Online)
2210-6014
ISSN (Print)
2210-6006
DOI
10.1016/j.jegh.2013.09.005How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2013 Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Open Access
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

Cite this article

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