HIV and sexually transmitted infection risk behaviors and beliefs among black West Indian immigrants and US-born blacks

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2042-2050

  Hoffman, Susie ^a,b   Beckford Jarrett, Sharlene T ^c   Kelvin, Elizabeth A ^a   Wallace, Scyatta A ^d   Augenbraun, Michael ^d   Hogben, Matthew ^e   Liddon, Nicole ^e   McCormack, William M ^d   Rubin, Steve ^f,g   Wilson, Tracey E ^d  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Ministry of Health ^*  (United States)

^c Ministry of Health   (Jamaica)

^d SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; METHADONE; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BEHAVIOR; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH BELIEF; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRANT; INFECTION RISK; INHALANT ABUSE; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL BELIEF; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CONDOMS; CONTACT TRACING; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; RISK-TAKING; SELF EFFICACY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; WEST INDIES;

EID: 55249114865     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.106443     Document Type: Article

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