Couple-based HIV prevention for injecting drug users in kazakhstan: A pilot intervention study

Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 162-176

  Gilbert, Louisa ^a   El Bassel, Nabila ^a   Terlikbayeva, Assel ^b   Rozental, Yelena ^b   Chang, Mingway ^a   Brisson, Anne ^a   Wu, Elwin ^a   Bakpayev, Marat ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Global Health Research Center of Central Asia in Kazakhstan ^*  (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

Central Asia; Couple based intervention; HCV; HIV; HIV prevention; Injecting drug users; STIs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KAZAKHSTAN; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; COUPLES THERAPY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KAZAKHSTAN; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951221144     PISSN: 10852352     EISSN: 15407330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10852351003640914     Document Type: Article

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