A Social Media-Based HIV Prevention Intervention Using Peer Leaders

Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 353-361

  Young, Sean D ^a   Zhao, Mindy ^b   Tieu, Kevin ^b   Kwok, Justin ^b   Gill, Harkiran ^c   Gill, Navkiranjit ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American MSM; HIV prevention; Latino MSM; peer health leaders; social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889680184     PISSN: 15398285     EISSN: 15398293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15398285.2013.833445     Document Type: Article

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