Roles and challenges of outreach workers in HIV clinical and support programs serving young racial/ethnic minority men who have sex with men

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Hidalgo, Julia ^a   Coombs, Elizabeth ^b   Cobbs, Will O ^c   Green Jones, Monique ^d   Phillips, Gregory ^a   Wohl, Amy Rock ^e   Smith, Justin C ^f   Ramos, Albert Daniel ^g   Fields, Sheldon D ^h  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ahiman Consulting and Research Inc   (United States)

^c SPHERE Institute   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Los Angeles County Department of Public Health   (United States)

^f IL   (United States)

^g East Bay AIDS Center   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; JOB CHARACTERISTICS; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTREACH WORKER; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STAFF; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADOLESCENT; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860389263     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: 15577449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2011.9880     Document Type: Article

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