Feasibility and promise of a couple-based HIV/STI preventive intervention for methamphetamine-using, black men who have sex with men

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1745-1754

  Wu, Elwin ^a   El Bassel, Nabila ^a   McVinney, L Donald ^b   Hess, Leona ^a   Remien, Robert H ^c   Charania, Mahnaz ^d   Mansergh, Gordon ^d  

^a School of Social Work ^*  (United States)

^b Harlem United   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Black; Couples Men who have sex with men; HIV; Methamphetamine; Prevention

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG ABUSE; EVALUATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84555219919     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-011-9997-8     Document Type: Article

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