A randomized social network HIV prevention trial with young men who have sex with men in Russia and Bulgaria

AIDS

Volumn 19, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 1897-1905

  Amirkhanian, Yuri A ^a,b   Kelly, Jeffrey A ^a   Kabakchieva, Elena ^c   Kirsanova, Anna V ^b   Vassileva, Sylvia ^c   Takacs, Judit ^d   DiFranceisco, Wayne J ^a   McAuliffe, Timothy L ^a   Khoursine, Roman A ^b   Mocsonaki, Laszlo ^e  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Municipal Hospital for Infectious Diseases No 30 Named after SP Botkin   (Russian Federation)

^c Health and Social Development Foundation   (Bulgaria)

^d INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^e Gay and Lesbian Rights Organization Hatter   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Bulgaria; Gay bisexual men; HIV AIDS prevention; Men who have sex with men; Randomized controlled trial; Risk behaviour; Russia; Social networks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SAMPLE SIZE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 27544475390     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000189867.74806.fb     Document Type: Article

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