Behavioral health and social normative influence: Correlates of concurrent sexual partnering among heterosexually-active homeless men

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2042-2050

  Wenzel, Suzanne L ^a,b   Rhoades, Harmony ^a   Hsu, Hsun Ta ^a   Golinelli, Daniela ^b   Tucker, Joan S ^b   Kennedy, David P ^b   Green, Harold D ^b   Ewing, Brett ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; Homeless men; Homelessness; Sexual concurrency; Social networks

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNSAFE SEX; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84868470859     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-011-0066-0     Document Type: Article

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