Deconstructing the complexity of substance use among young men who have sex with men (YMSM) by optimizing the role of qualitative strategies in a mixed methods study

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 754-776

  Kubicek, Katrina ^a   Weiss, George ^a   Iverson, Ellen F ^a,b   Kipke, Michele D ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Mixed methods; Substance use; Young men who have sex with men (YMSM)

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNOLOGY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LOS ANGELES; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949465924     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826081003595366     Document Type: Article

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