Agents of change: Peer mentorship as HIV prevention among HIV-positive injection drug users

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 522-534

  MacKenzie, Sonja ^a   Pearson, Charles ^b   Frye, Victoria ^c,d   Gómez, Cynthia A ^a   Latka, Mary H ^d,e   Purcell, David W ^f   Knowlton, Amy R ^g   Metsch, Lisa R ^h   Tobin, Karin E ^g   Valverde, Eduardo E ^f   Knight, Kelly R ⁱ  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

^d Department of Medicine   (United States)

^e AURUM INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

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

^g JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Change agent; HIV prevention; HIV positive; Identity; Injection drug user; Peer mentor; Risk environment; Social context; Social identity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TEACHER; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTORS; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84858756389     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2012.644122     Document Type: Review

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