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AIDS and Behavior

Issue Special Issue 1/2008

AIDS Prevention Research in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (II)

Content (17 Articles)

Original Paper

Injection Drug Use in Rural Iran: Integrating HIV Prevention into Iran’s Rural Primary Health Care System

Vahid Mojtahedzadeh, Nooshin Razani, Mohsen Malekinejad, Mohsen Vazirian, Shervan Shoaee, Mohammad Bagher Saberi Zafarghandi, Alexandra L. Hernandez, Jeffrey S. Mandel

Original Paper

Increasing HIV Prevalence Among Drug Users in Western Guangdong Province, China, 1995–2005

Xiaobing Fu, Ye Wang, Peng Lin, Yongying Liu, Qun He, Yan Li, Fang Yang, Jie Li, Limei Diao, Xinge Yan, Ping Lin, Jinkou Zhao, Sanny Chen, Willi McFarland

Original Paper

Prevalence and Risk of Blood-Borne and Sexually Transmitted Viral Infections in Incarcerated Youth in Salvador, Brazil: Opportunity and Obligation for Intervention

Margaret Fialho, Márcia Messias, Kimberly Page-Shafer, Lourdes Farre, Márcia Schmalb, Diana Pedral-Sampaio, Mauro Ramos, Carlos Brites

Original Paper

Use of Time-location Sampling for Systematic Behavioral Surveillance of Truck Drivers in Brazil

Luiz Oscar Cardoso Ferreira, Eniel Sabino de Oliveira, H. Fisher Raymond, Sanny Y. Chen, Willi McFarland

Original Paper

Knowledge, Attitudes and Motivations Among Blood Donors in São Paulo, Brazil

Thelma T. Goncalez, Ester C. Sabino, Sanny Chen, Nanci Alves Salles, Dalton A. F. Chamone, Willi McFarland, Edward L. Murphy

Original Paper

Late Presentation to Care for HIV Infection in Croatia and the Effect of Interventions During the Croatian Global Fund Project

Josip Begovac, Kornelija Gedike, Davorka Lukas, Snježana Židovec Lepej

Original Paper

100% Adherence Study: Educational Workshops vs. Video Sessions to Improve Adherence Among ART-Naïve Patients in Salvador, Brazil

Marcia Sampaio-Sa, Kimberly Page-Shafer, David R. Bangsberg, Jennifer Evans, Maria de Lourdes Dourado, Celia Teixeira, Eduardo M. Netto, Carlos Brites

Original Paper

A Qualitative Study of Stigma and Discrimination against People Living with HIV in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Mai Doan Anh Thi, Deborah Bain Brickley, Dang Thi Nhat Vinh, Donn J. Colby, Annette H. Sohn, Nguyen Quang Trung, Le Truong Giang, Jeffrey S. Mandel

Original Paper

Alcohol and Sexual Risk Behavior Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in South African Township Communities

Tim Lane, Starley B. Shade, James McIntyre, Stephen F. Morin

Original Paper

Accessing Men Who have Sex with Men Through Long-Chain Referral Recruitment, Guangzhou, China

Qun He, Ye Wang, Yan Li, Yurun Zhang, Peng Lin, Fang Yang, Xiaobing Fu, Jie Li, H. Fisher Raymond, Li Ling, Willi McFarland

Original Paper

An Empirical Comparison of Respondent-driven Sampling, Time Location Sampling, and Snowball Sampling for Behavioral Surveillance in Men Who Have Sex with Men, Fortaleza, Brazil

Carl Kendall, Ligia R. F. S. Kerr, Rogerio C. Gondim, Guilherme L. Werneck, Raimunda Hermelinda Maia Macena, Marta Kerr Pontes, Lisa G. Johnston, Keith Sabin, Willi McFarland

Original Paper

Using Respondent-Driven Sampling Methodology for HIV Biological and Behavioral Surveillance in International Settings: A Systematic Review

Mohsen Malekinejad, Lisa Grazina Johnston, Carl Kendall, Ligia Regina Franco Sansigolo Kerr, Marina Raven Rifkin, George W. Rutherford

Original Paper

Implementation Challenges to Using Respondent-Driven Sampling Methodology for HIV Biological and Behavioral Surveillance: Field Experiences in International Settings

Lisa Grazina Johnston, Mohsen Malekinejad, Carl Kendall, Irene M. Iuppa, George W. Rutherford

Obesity Clinical Trial Summary

At a glance: The STEP trials

A round-up of the STEP phase 3 clinical trials evaluating semaglutide for weight loss in people with overweight or obesity.

Developed by: Springer Medicine

Highlights from the ACC 2024 Congress

Year in Review: Pediatric cardiology

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Year in Review: Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

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