Effectiveness of Integrated HIV Prevention Interventions among Chinese Men Who Have Sex with Men: Evaluation of a 16-City Public Health Program

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Ye, Shaodong ^a,b   Xiao, Yan ^b   Jin, Canrui ^b   Cassell, Holly ^a   Blevins, Meridith ^c   Sun, Jiangping ^b   Vermund, Sten H ^a   Qian, Han Zhu ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFE SEX; SELF REPORT; SYPHILIS; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CITIES; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871761458     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050873     Document Type: Article

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