Differential HIV risk behavior among men who have sex with men seeking health-related mobile van services at diverse gay-specific venues

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 822-831

  Reisner, Sari L ^a   Mimiaga, Matthew J ^a,b   Skeer, Margie ^a,c   Vanderwarker, Rodney ^a   Gaucher, Michael J ^d   O'Connor, Catherine A ^e   Susana Medeiros, M ^f   Safren, Steven A ^a,b  

^a FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Project Health MOVES   (United States)

Author keywords

Gay venues; HIV; MSM; STIs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; SAFE SEX; UNSAFE SEX;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 68549087094     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-008-9430-0     Document Type: Article

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