HIV health center affiliation networks of black men who have sex with men: Disentangling fragmented patterns of HIV prevention service utilization

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 598-604

  Schneider, John A ^a   Walsh, Tim ^a   Cornwell, Benjamin ^b   Ostrow, David ^a   Michaels, Stuart ^a   Laumann, Edward O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHICAGO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863804927     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3182515cee     Document Type: Article

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