HealthMpowerment.org: Feasibility and acceptability of delivering an internet intervention to young Black men who have sex with men

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 910-920

  Hightow Weidman, Lisa B ^a   Pike, Emily ^a   Fowler, Beth ^b   Matthews, Derrick M ^c   Kibe, Jessica ^b   McCoy, Regina ^b   Adimora, Adaora A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Black MSM; HIV infection; Internet interventions

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONDOMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863704187     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2011.647677     Document Type: Article

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