Sexual risk behaviors for HIV/AIDS in Chuuk State, micronesia: The case for HIV prevention in vulnerable remote populations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Russell, Toya V ^a   Do, Ann N ^b   Setik, Eleanor ^c   Sullivan, Patrick S ^b   Rayle, Victoria D ^b   Fridlund, Carol A ^b   Quan, Vu M ^d   Voetsch, Andrew C ^b   Fleming, Patricia L ^e  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

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

^c Federated States of Micronesia   (Federated States of Micronesia)

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

^e RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG ABUSE; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PATIENT COUNSELING; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION SIZE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNSAFE SEX; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COUNSELING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SERODIAGNOSIS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MICRONESIA; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 44949222821     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001283     Document Type: Article

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