Attitude and behavior changes among gay and bisexual men after use of rapid home HIV tests to screen sexual partners

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 950-957

  Frasca, Timothy ^a,b   Balan, Ivan ^a,b   Ibitoye, Mobolaji ^a,b   Valladares, Juan ^a,b   Dolezal, Curtis ^a,b   Carballo Diéguez, Alex ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Gay men; Harm reduction; HIV; Home testing; MSM; Rapid testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BISEXUALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDOM; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK REDUCTION; SELF CARE; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BISEXUALITY; CONDOMS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SELF CARE; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899565107     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-013-0630-x     Document Type: Article

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