Using social media to increase HIV testing among gay and bisexual men, other men who have sex with men, and transgender persons: Outcomes from a randomized community trial

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1450-1453

  Rhodes, Scott D ^a   Mccoy, Thomas P ^b   Tanner, Amanda E ^b   Stowers, Jason ^c   Bachmann, Laura H ^a,d   Nguyen, Annie L ^e   Ross, Michael W ^f  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^c Triad Health Project   (United States)

^d Public Health Division   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

community trial; HIV testing; intervention; MSM; social media

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL MALE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HOMOSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; TRANSGENDER; ADOLESCENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL MINORITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL MINORITIES; SOCIAL MEDIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84971507168     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw127     Document Type: Article

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