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Affirming norms and attitudes are not a prerequisite for urban congregations to initiate HIV prevention and care activities, a finding relevant for HIV services providers and researchers seeking to engage congregations on this issue.
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Patients who miss clinic appointments make unscheduled visits which compromise the ability to plan for and deliver quality care.
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HIV prevention programs for homeless YMSM may warrant a multipronged approach that helps these youth strengthen their ties to prosocial peers, develop more positive condom attitudes, and access needed mental health and housing services.
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This study uses an event-based approach to examine individual, relationship, and contextual correlates of heterosexual condom use among homeless men.
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HIV continues to be a serious public health problem for men who have sex with women (MSW), especially homeless MSW.
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African American men view sexual relationships with non-main partners as riskier; concurrent relationships are acceptable and often expected.
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This article examines the different ways in which faith-based organizations (FBO) frame discussions about HIV.
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In a sample of HIV-positive African American men, greater belief in HIV conspiracies was associated with a higher likelihood of reporting unprotected intercourse.
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Young homeless "travelers" engage in higher risk behavior than non-traveler homeless and may have different service needs and require different service approaches.
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Sexual concurrency poses significant HIV/STI transmission risk.
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Homeless men on LA's Skid Row use visual and behavioral cues, social reputation, feelings of trust, perceived relationship seriousness, and medically inaccurate ''folk'' beliefs to judge whether partners were risky and/or condom use was warranted.
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This study of condom use among homeless youth in Los Angeles County found that a broad range of individual, relationship, and contexual factors play a role in condom use.
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A controlled study of HIV antiretroviral therapy (ART) in sub-Saharan Africa found that ART increase sexual activity and condom use, but depression undercuts the prevention benefits of ART, highlighting the need to integrate mental health services into HIV care.
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Portal survey methods can be used to anonymously survey gay and bisexual men about HIV-risk behaviors before and after a weekend party–oriented vacation.
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These interviews with young black men who have sex with men showed that perception of masculinity was the primary contextual factor influencing partner selection, risk assessment, and decision-making with regard to condom usage.
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Congregations can address a variety of HIV-related needs but activities such as providing pastoral care for people with HIV, raising awareness, and promoting testing appear easier for them to undertake than activities aimed at harm reduction.
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Men who use erectile disfunction drugs have higher rates of sexually transmitted diseases, particularly HIV infection, in the year before and after using the drugs.
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California pharmacies are more likely to participate in a voluntary program allowing limited sale of syringes to adults without a prescription if they think syringe access is important for preventing HIV among drug users.
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Syringe exchange programs can reduce HIV risk among injecting drug users but their use may depend heavily on contextual factors such as local syringe policies.
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Homeless women who have a high commitment to their partner and experience physical violence are more likely to have unprotected sex. Trust in condom efficacy and perceived low susceptibility to HIV make women less likely to engage in risky sex.
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