Acceptability and Preliminary Efficacy of a Tailored Online HIV/STI Testing Intervention for Young Men who have Sex with Men: The Get Connected! Program

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1860-1874

  Bauermeister, José A ^a   Pingel, Emily S ^a   Jadwin Cakmak, Laura ^a   Harper, Gary W ^a   Horvath, Keith ^b   Weiss, Gretchen ^c   Dittus, Patricia ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY AND CITY HEALTH OFFICIALS   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

eHealth; Linkage to care; Prevention; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNET; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MASS SCREENING; MICHIGAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEMEDICINE; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNET; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MICHIGAN; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TELEMEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941426915     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: 15733254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-015-1009-y     Document Type: Article

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