Changes in Exposure to Neighborhood Characteristics are Associated with Sexual Network Characteristics in a Cohort of Adults Relocating from Public Housing

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1016-1030

  Cooper, Hannah L F ^a   Linton, Sabriya ^a   Haley, Danielle F ^a   Kelley, Mary E ^a   Dauria, Emily F ^a   Karnes, Conny Chen ^a   Ross, Zev ^b   Hunter Jones, Josalin ^a   Renneker, Kristen K ^a   del Rio, Carlos ^a,c   Adimora, Adaora ^d   Wingood, Gina ^a   Rothenberg, Richard ^e   Bonney, Loida E ^f  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ZEVROSS SPATIAL ANALYSIS   (United States)

^c EMORY CENTER FOR AIDS RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; HIV AIDS; Multilevel analyses; Neighborhoods; Public housing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; VULNERABLE POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HOUSING; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84934936573     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: 15733254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-014-0883-z     Document Type: Article

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