Reaching out to boys at bars: Utilizing community partnerships to employ a wellness strategy for syphilis control among men who have sex with men in New York City

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  Blank, Susan ^a,b   Gallagher, Kathleen ^a   Washburn, Kate ^a   Rogers, Meighan ^a,c  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHLAMYDIASIS; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PHILOSOPHY; REVIEW; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

ADULT; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SYPHILIS;

EID: 26444496520     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000175401.37527.de     Document Type: Review

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