Estimating the number of young black men who have sex with men (YBMSM) on the south side of Chicago: Towards HIV elimination within us urban communities

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1205-1213

  Livak, Britt ^a   Michaels, Stuart ^a   Green, Keith ^b   Nelson, Charles ^c   Westbrook, Montre ^d   Simpson, Yaa ^e   Prachand, Nikhil G ^e   Benbow, Nanette ^d   Schneider, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c South Side Help Center (SSHP)   (United States)

^d Access Community Health Network (ACCESS)   (United States)

^e Department of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Black African American; HIV AIDS; Men who have sex with men; Population estimates; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; DELPHI STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHICAGO; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892881449     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-013-9830-y     Document Type: Review

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