A Multilevel Ecological Model of HIV Risk for People Who Are Homeless or Unstably Housed and Who Use Drugs in the Urban United States

Social Work in Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 264-275

  Bowen, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological model; HIV AIDS; homeless; structural violence; War on Drugs

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DRUG; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; NEIGHBORHOOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; VIOLENCE;

UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMELESS PERSON; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84964388755     PISSN: 19371918     EISSN: 1937190X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19371918.2015.1137511     Document Type: Article

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