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Attitudes about and HIV risk related to the "most common place" MSM meet their sex partners: comparing men from bathhouses, bars/clubs, and Craigslist.orgChristian Grov
Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York CUNY, 2900 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11210, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 24:102-16. 2012..g., attitudes toward HIV status disclosure, and perceptions about barebacking, anonymous sex, and alcohol use). Outreach providers should consider these contextualizing aspects as they continue to retool their efforts...
HIV Risk and Substance Use in Men Who Have Sex with Men Surveyed in Bathhouses, Bars/Clubs, and on Craigslist.org: Venue of Recruitment MattersChristian Grov
Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York CUNY and The Program in Public Health at the Graduate Center of CUNY, 2900 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11210, USA
AIDS Behav 16:807-17. 2012..Our findings demonstrate the need to tailor HIV prevention efforts to the location in which they are targeted, and for researchers to evaluate if participants differ by recruitment source...
Loneliness and HIV-related stigma explain depression among older HIV-positive adultsChristian Grov
Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences, Brooklyn College of City University of New York, NY, USA
AIDS Care 22:630-9. 2010..Data suggest that focusing efforts to reduce HIV-related stigma and loneliness may have lasting effects in reducing major depressive symptoms and improving perceived health...
Perceived consequences of casual online sexual activities on heterosexual relationships: a u.s. Online surveyChristian Grov
Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, 2900 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11210, USA
Arch Sex Behav 40:429-39. 2011..Findings underscore the need to explore further the impact that online sexual activities can have on real-life committed relationships...
Risky sex- and drug-seeking in a probability sample of men-for-men online bulletin board postingsChristian Grov
Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences, City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY 11210, USA
AIDS Behav 14:1387-92. 2010..5% of postings specified that they were "drug and disease free." Prevalence of certain behaviors varied by time that ads were posted. Implications for health/community service providers are discussed...
Sexual compulsivity and sexual risk in gay and bisexual menChristian Grov
Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York CUNY, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Arch Sex Behav 39:940-9. 2010..These data indicate that the SCS may be able to serve as an indicator to detect HIV-associated sexual risk behavior in community-based samples of gay and bisexual men...
Barebacking, the Internet, and harm reduction: an intercept survey with gay and bisexual men in Los Angeles and New York CityChristian Grov
Department of Sociology, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, USA
AIDS Behav 11:527-36. 2007..These data suggest both HIV-positive and HIV-negative barebackers may be engaged in efforts to reduce the risk of HIV transmission when engaged in unprotected sex...
HIV status differences in venues where highly sexually active gay and bisexual men meet sex partners: results from a pilot studyChristian Grov
Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences, Brooklyn, City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY 10065, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 22:496-508. 2010....
Sexual compulsivity, co-occurring psychosocial health problems, and HIV risk among gay and bisexual men: further evidence of a syndemicJeffrey T Parsons
Hunter College Center for HIV AIDS Educational Studies and Training, City University of New York, NY 10065, USA
Am J Public Health 102:156-62. 2012..We evaluated whether sexual compulsivity fits into a syndemic framework, in which sexual compulsivity is one of a number of co-occurring psychosocial health problems that increase HIV risk among men who have sex with men (MSM)...
The association between penis size and sexual health among men who have sex with menChristian Grov
Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY 10065, USA
Arch Sex Behav 39:788-97. 2010..Further, size played a significant role in sexual positioning and psychosocial adjustment. These data highlight the need to better understand the real individual-level consequences of living in a penis-centered society...
Sexual compulsivity, state affect, and sexual risk behavior in a daily diary study of gay and bisexual menChristian Grov
Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, Center for HIV AIDS Educational Studies and Training, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 24:487-97. 2010..Findings indicate that affect plays key roles in sexual behavior and sexual risk taking; however, the association between affect and behavior may be different for sexually compulsive and non-sexually compulsive MSM...
Sexual risk behavior and venues for meeting sex partners: an intercept survey of gay and bisexual men in LA and NYCChristian Grov
Center for HIV AIDS Educational Studies and Training CHEST, New York, NY, USA
AIDS Behav 11:915-26. 2007..This research suggests HIV prevention and educational campaigns targeted within venues need also address socio-psychological person-factors in addition to environmental/venue contexts...
Club drug use and dependence among young adults recruited through time-space samplingJeffrey T Parsons
Center for HIV AIDS Educational Studies and Training, New York, NY, USA
Public Health Rep 124:246-54. 2009..Yet little is known about users' demographic differences in the prevalence of club drugs. This study sought to provide a comprehensive profile of users' demographic differences in prevalence of club drug use and dependence...
Stigma and sexual compulsivity in a community-based sample of HIV-positive gay and bisexual menH Jonathon Rendina
the Center for HIV AIDS Educational Studies and Training CHEST, New York, NY, USA
AIDS Behav 16:741-50. 2012....
