Feasibility and Acceptability of Smartphone-Based Ecological Momentary Assessment of Alcohol Use among African American Men Who Have Sex with Men in Baltimore

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Yang, Cui ^a   Linas, Beth ^a   Kirk, Gregory ^a   Bollinger, Robert ^b   Chang, Larry ^b   Chander, Geetanjali ^b   Siconolfi, Daniel ^a   Braxton, Sharif ^a   Rudolph, Abby ^c   Latkin, Carl ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Alcohol use; Ecological momentary assessment (ema); HIV; Men who have sex with men (msm)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964610601     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22915222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.4344     Document Type: Article

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