Acceptability and Feasibility of Using Established Geosocial and Sexual Networking Mobile Applications to Promote HIV and STD Testing Among Men Who Have Sex with Men

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 543-552

  Sun, Christina J ^a   Stowers, Jason ^b   Miller, Cindy ^a   Bachmann, Laura H ^c   Rhodes, Scott D ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Triad Health Project   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Community based participatory research; HIV AIDS; Men who have sex with men (MSM); Mobile applications

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84925538527     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: 15733254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-014-0942-5     Document Type: Article

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