Hoppers and oldheads: Qualitative evaluation of a volunteer AIDS outreach intervention

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 303-315

  Dickson Gómez, Julia ^a,c   Knowlton, Amy ^b   Latkin, Carl ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY RESEARCH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; Injection drug use; Outreach; Youth

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEGRO; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; SELF EFFICACY; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 0141791003     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025499904469     Document Type: Article

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