Having supportive social relationships is associated with reduced risk of unrecognized HIV infection among black and Latino men who have sex with men

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 508-515

  Lauby, Jennifer L ^a   Marks, Gary ^b   Bingham, Trista ^c   Liu, Kai Lih ^d   Liau, Adrian ^b   Stueve, Ann ^e   Millett, Gregorio A ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH MANAGEMENT CORPORATION   (United States)

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

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

^d New York City Department of Mental Health and Hygiene   (United States)

^e EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Mediation analysis; MSM; Social support; Unrecognized HIV infection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; HISPANIC; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863715469     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-011-0002-3     Document Type: Article

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