Homeless youths' HIV risk behaviors with strangers: Investigating the importance of social networks

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1583-1591

  Tyler, Kimberly A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV risk; Homeless youth; Protective factors; Risk factors; Sexual orientation; Social networks

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890562239     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-013-0091-3     Document Type: Article

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