Effects of a social network HIV/STD prevention intervention for MSM in Russia and Hungary: A randomized controlled trial

AIDS

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 583-593

  Amirkhanian, Yuri A ^a,b   Kelly, Jeffrey A ^a   Takacs, Judit ^c   McAuliffe, Timothy L ^a   Kuznetsova, Anna V ^b   Toth, Tamas P ^c   Mocsonaki, Laszlo ^d   DiFranceisco, Wayne J ^a   Meylakhs, Anastasia ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Botkin's Infectious Diseases Hospital   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^d Hatter Society for LGBT People   (Hungary)

Author keywords

gay bisexual men; HIV prevention; Hungary; men who have sex with men (MSM); Russia; sexual risk behaviour; social networks

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANAL INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONCURRENT SEXUAL PARTNERSHIP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; HUNGARY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SUBSTANCE USE; UNPROTECTED SEX; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; MALE; RUSSIA; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926514211     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000000558     Document Type: Article

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