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| Yuko MizunoSummaryAffiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Country: USA Publications
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Homophobia and racism experienced by Latino men who have sex with men in the United States: correlates of exposure and associations with HIV risk behaviorsYuko Mizuno
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE Mail Stop E37, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
AIDS Behav 16:724-35. 2012..42, 95% CI, 1.02-1.98). Our findings suggest the presence of a syndemic of adverse social experiences and call for more intervention research to address both homophobia and racism experienced among Latino MSM in the United States...- Is sexual serosorting occurring among HIV-positive injection drug users? Comparison between those with HIV-positive partners only, HIV-negative partners only, and those with any partners of unknown statusYuko Mizuno
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
AIDS Behav 14:92-102. 2010..Some of these findings are consistent with findings from MSM studies, suggesting that partner selection practices are similar between primarily heterosexual IDUs and MSM... - Acceptability of A-CASI by HIV-positive IDUs in a multisite, randomized, controlled trial of behavioral intervention (INSPIRE)Yuko Mizuno
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 46:S48-54. 2007..Our research supports the feasibility and general acceptability of A-CASI with HIV-positive IDUs, and it suggests further research exploring the associations between A-CASI attitudes and characteristics of disadvantaged populations... 
Is injection serosorting occurring among HIV-positive injection drug users? Comparison by injection partner's HIV statusYuko Mizuno
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Urban Health 88:1031-43. 2011....- Beliefs that condoms reduce sexual pleasure-gender differences in correlates among heterosexual HIV-positive injection drug users (IDUs)Yuko Mizuno
Prevention Research Branch, Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV STD TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE Mail Stop E37, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Urban Health 84:523-36. 2007..05) were significantly associated with negative condom beliefs (R (2) = 0.36). These findings suggest important gender-specific factors to consider in interventions that seek to promote positive condom beliefs among HIV-positive IDUs... 
Correlates of health care utilization among HIV-seropositive injection drug usersY Mizuno
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA USA
AIDS Care 18:417-25. 2006..In the future, these findings may be used to inform the development of interventions that maximize use of scarce HIV resources and improve health care utilization among HIV-positive IDUs...- Predictors of current housing status among HIV-seropositive injection drug users (IDUs): results from a 1-year studyYuko Mizuno
Prevention Research Branch, Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE Mail Stop E37, Atlanta, GA, 30333, USA
AIDS Behav 13:165-72. 2009..Additional research is needed to identify types of support and resources beyond what is currently provided in order to better serve housing needs of HIV-seropositive IDUs... - Results from a randomized controlled trial of a peer-mentoring intervention to reduce HIV transmission and increase access to care and adherence to HIV medications among HIV-seropositive injection drug usersDavid W Purcell
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 46:S35-47. 2007..We sought to evaluate the efficacy of an intervention to reduce sexual and injection transmission risk behaviors and to increase utilization of medical care and adherence to HIV medications among this population... - Unprotected sexual behavior among heterosexual HIV-positive injection drug using men: associations by partner type and partner serostatusDavid W Purcell
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, NCHSTP DHAP PRB, 1600 Clifton Road, MS E 37, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Urban Health 83:656-68. 2006..A combination of broad and tailored intervention strategies based on the relationship pattern of men's lives may provide the most benefit for reducing unprotected sex with female partners... - The life priorities of HIV-seropositive injection drug users: findings from a community-based sampleYuko Mizuno
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention Intervention, Research and Support, National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, 30333, USA
AIDS Behav 7:395-403. 2003..Significant correlates of HIV prioritization included age and the use of a heroin/stimulant mixture. These findings provide a number of important implications for HIV prevention intervention research for HIV-positive IDUs... - The efficacy of HIV/STI behavioral interventions for African American females in the United States: a meta-analysisNicole Crepaz
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, Prevention Research Branch, 1600 Clifton Road, Mailstop E 37, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Am J Public Health 99:2069-78. 2009..We evaluated the efficacy of HIV behavioral interventions for African American females in the United States, and we identified factors associated with intervention efficacy... - An examination of adolescents who were and were not exposed to "Teens Stopping AIDS": reaching the hard-to-reachYuko Mizuno
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
J Health Commun 7:197-203. 2002..Characterizing the members of the unexposed segment of the target audience made it possible to offer practical suggestions for expanding the reach of the program... - Addressing poverty as risk for disease: recommendations from CDC's consultation on microenterprise as HIV preventionDale Stratford
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, Prevention Research Branch, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Public Health Rep 123:9-20. 2008..The article ends with recommendations for HIV/AIDS prevention and, by implication, addressing other public health challenges, through the development of multifaceted intervention approaches... - Are feelings of responsibility to limit the sexual transmission of HIV associated with safer sex among HIV-positive injection drug users?Mary H Latka
Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 46:S88-95. 2007..Working with HIV-positive IDUs to increase or reinforce feelings of responsibility may reduce the sexual transmission of HIV... - Factors associated with antiretroviral therapy adherence and medication errors among HIV-infected injection drug usersJulia H Arnsten
Division of General Internal Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10467, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 46:S64-71. 2007..Active drug use is often associated with poor adherence, but few studies have determined psychosocial correlates of adherence in injection drug users (IDUs)... - Longitudinal correlates of health care-seeking behaviors among HIV-seropositive injection drug users: how can we intervene to improve health care utilization?James D Wilkinson
Department of Pediatrics, Leonard M Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33101, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 46:S120-6. 2007..To identify modifiable factors associated with health care utilization by HIV-negative seropositive injection drug users (IDUs)... - Participants' descriptions of social support within a multisite intervention for HIV-seropositive injection drug users (INSPIRE)Shannon Gwin Mitchell
Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 46:S55-63. 2007....