A key strategy for reducing HIV in African American communities: Promoting HIV testing

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1264-1266

  Arya, Monisha ^a,b   Williams, Lena Tionne ^a   Stone, Valerie E ^c,d,e   Behforouz, Heidi Louise ^d,f,g   Viswanath, Kasisomayajula ^h,i   Giordano, Thomas Peter ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e Internal Medicine   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g Brigham Dermatology Associates   (United States)

^h HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; HIV AIDS

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; DISEASE CONTROL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIV EDUCATION; HIV TEST; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADDICTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953021266     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)30759-8     Document Type: Editorial

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