A peer-educator network HIV prevention intervention among injection drug users: Results of a randomized controlled trial in St. Petersburg, Russia

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2510-2520

  Hoffman, Irving F ^a   Latkin, Carl A ^b   Kukhareva, Polina V ^c,d   Malov, Sergey V ^e   Batluk, Julia V ^c,e   Shaboltas, Alla V ^c,e   Skochilov, Roman V ^c,e   Sokolov, Nicolay V ^c,e   Verevochkin, Sergei V ^c   Hudgens, Michael G ^d   Kozlov, Andrei P ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Biomedical Center   (Russian Federation)

^d IL   (United States)

^e ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

HIV prevention; Injection drug users; Network; Russia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PEER GROUP; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNSAFE SEX; WESTERN BLOTTING; COMPLICATION; HIV INFECTIONS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; RUSSIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 84882651454     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-013-0563-4     Document Type: Article

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