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Jan 1, 2013

Enhancing Quality Interventions Promoting Healthy Sexuality (EQUIPS): A Novel Application of Translational Research Methods

Overviews the study Enhancing Quality Interventions Promoting Healthy Sexuality (EQUIPS), which tests how well a community-based setting conducts an EBP, Making Proud Choices, that aims to prevent teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.

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Jan 1, 2012

Social Network and Individual Correlates of Sexual Risk Behavior Among Homeless Young Men Who Have Sex with Men

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.

Journal Article

Jan 1, 2005

Isolating the Nexus of Substance Use, Violence and Sexual Risk for HIV Infection Among Young Adults in the United States

Adults aged 18 to 29 are at significant sexual risk for HIV infection.

Report

Jan 1, 2001

High-Risk Behaviors Associated with Early Smoking: Results From a 5-Year Follow-Up

Purpose: To compare grade 7 nonsmokers, experimenters, and smokers on the basis of prevalence of other problem behaviors at both grade 7 and grade 12.

Report

Jan 1, 1997

The Psychology of Harm Reduction: Comparing Alternative Strategies for Modifying High-Risk Behaviors

Harm reduction focuses on minimizing the adverse consequences of drug use through interventions such as needle exchange, ''safe use'' education, and the use of treatment as an alternative to incarceration.

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Enhancing Quality Interventions Promoting Healthy Sexuality (EQUIPS): A Novel Application of Translational Research Methods

Social Network and Individual Correlates of Sexual Risk Behavior Among Homeless Young Men Who Have Sex with Men

Isolating the Nexus of Substance Use, Violence and Sexual Risk for HIV Infection Among Young Adults in the United States

High-Risk Behaviors Associated with Early Smoking: Results From a 5-Year Follow-Up

The Psychology of Harm Reduction: Comparing Alternative Strategies for Modifying High-Risk Behaviors

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