Limited awareness and low immediate uptake of pre-exposure prophylaxis among men who have sex with men using an internet social networking site

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Krakower, Douglas S ^a,b   Mimiaga, Matthew J ^a,c,d,g   Rosenberger, Joshua G ^e   Novak, David S ^f   Mitty, Jennifer A ^a,b,g   White, Jaclyn M ^g   Mayer, Kenneth H ^a,b,g  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Online Buddies Inc   (United States)

^g FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PRE EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL NETWORK; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BISEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; RISK;

ADULT; BISEXUALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; SOCIAL NETWORKING;

EID: 84859078297     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033119     Document Type: Article

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