Outcomes of a peer HIV prevention program with injection drug and crack users: The risk avoidance partnership

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 253-281

  Weeks, Margaret R ^a   Li, Jianghong ^a   Dickson Gomez, Julia ^a   Convey, Mark ^a   Martinez, Maria ^a   Radda, Kim ^a   Clair, Scott ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; HIV AIDS; Peer interventions; Social networks; Substance use; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO CHANGE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEER GROUP; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONNECTICUT; CRACK COCAINE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PEER GROUP; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61649090542     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826080802347677     Document Type: Article

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