Hookups or health promotion? An exploratory study of a chat room-based HIV prevention intervention for men who have sex with men

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 315-327

  Rhodes, Scott D ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; CONDOMS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 4143149551     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.16.4.315.40399     Document Type: Article

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