Laying the groundwork for an HIV prevention intervention: A descriptive profile of the Los Angeles house and ball communities

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1068-1081

  Kipke, Michele D ^a,b   Kubicek, Katrina ^a   Supan, Jocelyn ^a   Weiss, George ^a   Schrager, Sheree ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American young men who have sex with men; HIV AIDS; House and Ball communities; Mixed methods

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880833432     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0227-9     Document Type: Article

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