Efficacy of a culturally congruent HIV risk-reduction intervention for behaviorally bisexual black men: Results of a randomized trial

AIDS

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1979-1988

  Harawa, Nina T ^a   Williams, John K ^b   McCuller, W J ^a   Ramamurthi, Hema C ^a   Lee, Martin ^a   Shapiro, Martin F ^b   Norris, Keith C ^a   Cunningham, William E ^b  

^a CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans ethnology psychology; Bisexuality; Black African American; HIV infections epidemiology ethnology prevention control; Homosexuality; Risk reduction behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAL INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL MALE; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN AND WOMEN; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNPROTECTED SEX;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BISEXUALITY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84880819639     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3283617500     Document Type: Article

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