Pathways to sexual risk reduction: Gender differences and strategies for intervention

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 93-104

  Longshore, Douglas ^a,b   Stein, Judith A ^a   Chin, Dorothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender differences; HIV; Sexual risk reduction

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; PREDICTION; RISK REDUCTION; SAFE SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SELF EFFICACY; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645366449     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-005-9053-7     Document Type: Article

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