Pilot evaluation of the Making Employment Needs [MEN] Count intervention: Addressing behavioral and structural HIV risks in heterosexual Black men

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 152-159

  Raj, Anita ^a,b,c   Dasgupta, Anindita ^a,d   Goldson, Irvienne ^e   Lafontant, Dumas ^f   Freeman, Elmer ^g,h   Silverman, Jay G ^a,b,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b San Diego   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Action for Boston Community Development Inc   (United States)

^f Whittier Street Health Center ^*  (United States)

^g Center for Community Health Education Research and Service   (United States)

^h NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

behavioral interventions; Black men; heterosexual risk; HIV AIDS; structural interventions

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MODEL; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL WORK; UNEMPLOYMENT; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; COMMUNITY CARE; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOUSING; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STATISTICS; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 84898686488     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2013.804901     Document Type: Article

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