Neighborhood Context and Black Heterosexual Men’s Sexual HIV Risk Behaviors

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2207-2218

  Bowleg, Lisa ^a   Neilands, Torsten B ^b   Tabb, Loni Philip ^c   Burkholder, Gary J ^d   Malebranche, David J ^e   Tschann, Jeanne M ^f  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d National Hispanic University   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Black heterosexual men; Depression; HIV risk; Neighborhood context; Substance use; Urban violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRANSMISSION; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHILADELPHIA; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919430473     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: 15733254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-014-0803-2     Document Type: Article

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