A CBPR partnership increases hiv testing among men who have sex with men (MSM): Outcome findings from a pilot test of the CyBER/testing internet intervention

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 311-320

  Rhodes, Scott D ^a   Vissman, Aaron T ^a   Stowers, Jason ^b   Miller, Cindy ^a   McCoy, Thomas P ^a   Hergenrather, Kenneth C ^c   Wilkin, Aimee M ^a   Reece, Michael ^d   Bachmann, Laura H ^a,e   Ore, Addison ^b   Ross, Michael W ^f   Hendrix, Ellen ^g   Eng, Eugenia ^h  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Triad Health Project   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g Ellen Hendrix LLC   (United States)

^h The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

CBPR; chat room; community based participatory research; gay; HIV AIDS; Internet; intervention; men who have sex with men; MSM; video

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SERODIAGNOSIS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; BISEXUALITY; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK-TAKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956095807     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198110379572     Document Type: Article

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