Developing an online health intervention for young gay and bisexual men

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2986-2998

  Pachankis, John E ^a,c   Lelutiu Weinberger, Corina ^b,c   Golub, Sarit A ^b,d,e   Parsons, Jeffrey T ^c,d,e  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Center for HIV AIDS Educational Studies and Training   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Gay and bisexual men; HIV prevention intervention; Internet; Social networking

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BISEXUALITY; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; TEXT MESSAGING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BISEXUALITY; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TEXT MESSAGING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84889093618     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-013-0499-8     Document Type: Article

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