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Self-perceived responsibility of HIV-seropositive men who have sex with men for preventing HIV transmissionRichard J Wolitski
Prevention Research Branch, Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
AIDS Behav 7:363-72. 2003..The findings suggest that self-perceived responsibility may be an important factor that affects HIV-seropositive MSM's sexual decision making...- Prevention with gay and bisexual men living with HIV: rationale and methods of the Seropositive Urban Men's Intervention Trial (SUMIT)Richard J Wolitski
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road E 37, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
AIDS 19:S1-11. 2005..To provide a public health rationale for prevention with HIV-seropositive gay and bisexual men and to describe the methods of the Seropositive Urban Men's Intervention Trial (SUMIT)... 
The effects of HIV stigma on health, disclosure of HIV status, and risk behavior of homeless and unstably housed persons living with HIVRichard J Wolitski
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 13:1222-32. 2009..Interventions are needed to reduce HIV-related stigma and its effects on the health of homeless/unstably housed PLWHA...- Sexual health, HIV, and sexually transmitted infections among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in the United StatesRichard J Wolitski
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton RD NE E 35, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
AIDS Behav 15:S9-17. 2011..A sexual health approach has the potential to improve our understanding of MSM's sexual behavior and relationships, reduce HIV and STI incidence, and improve the health and well-being of MSM... 
Relative efficacy of a multisession sexual risk-reduction intervention for young men released from prisons in 4 statesRichard J Wolitski
Prevention Research Branch, Division of HIV and AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Am J Public Health 96:1854-61. 2006..We compared the effects of an enhanced multisession intervention with a single-session intervention on the sexual risk behavior of young men released from prison...- HIV, homelessness, and public health: critical issues and a call for increased actionRichard J Wolitski
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 11:167-71. 2007..Such efforts, however, may have significant effects on the individuals and communities most affected by HIV/AIDS... - Effects of a peer-led behavioral intervention to reduce HIV transmission and promote serostatus disclosure among HIV-seropositive gay and bisexual menRichard J Wolitski
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road E 37, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
AIDS 19:S99-109. 2005..To evaluate the effects of an enhanced peer-led intervention on transmission risk behavior and serostatus disclosure of HIV-seropositive gay and bisexual men... - Beliefs about personal and partner responsibility among HIV-seropositive men who have sex with men: measurement and association with transmission risk behaviorRichard J Wolitski
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
AIDS Behav 11:676-86. 2007..Intermediate risk was observed in the shared and diminished responsibility groups. Implications for future research and HIV prevention efforts are discussed... - Self-identification as "down low" among men who have sex with men (MSM) from 12 US citiesRichard J Wolitski
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
AIDS Behav 10:519-29. 2006..DL-identified MSM were less likely to have ever been tested for HIV than were non-DL MSM. Prevention agencies should expand existing programs for MSM to include specific efforts to reach DL MSM... - Prevention with HIV-seropositive men who have sex with men: lessons from the Seropositive Urban Men's Study (SUMS) and the Seropositive Urban Men's Intervention Trial (SUMIT)Richard J Wolitski
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 37:S101-9. 2004..The interest of HIV-positive MSM in prevention efforts, the design of the SUMIT intervention trial, and implications for future research and programmatic efforts are discussed... - Randomized trial of the effects of housing assistance on the health and risk behaviors of homeless and unstably housed people living with HIVRichard J Wolitski
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton RD NE E 35, Atlanta, GA, USA
AIDS Behav 14:493-503. 2010..HOPWA rental assistance improves housing status and, in some cases, health outcomes of homeless and unstably housed people living with HIV/AIDS... - Awareness and use of untested barrier methods by HIV-seropositive gay and bisexual menR J Wolitski
Behavioral Intervention Research Branch, Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 13:291-301. 2001.... - Sources of HIV information among injecting drug users: association with gender, ethnicity, and risk behaviour. AIDS Community Demonstration ProjectsR J Wolitski
National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA
AIDS Care 8:541-55. 1996..Implications for targeting HIV prevention efforts for IDUs are discussed... - HIV serostatus disclosure among gay and bisexual men in four American cities: general patterns and relation to sexual practicesR J Wolitski
Behavioral Intervention Research Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
AIDS Care 10:599-610. 1998..05) with non-primary partners. No significant differences were observed between disclosers and non-disclosers with regard to condom use. Implications of the findings for future research and HIV prevention programmes are discussed... - The effects of HIV counseling and testing on risk-related practices and help-seeking behaviorR J Wolitski
Behavioral Intervention Research Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 9:52-67. 1997..The pattern of results varied substantially across, and within, study populations and were often limited by considerable methodological weaknesses... - Sex hustling, injection drug use, and non-gay identification by men who have sex with men. Associations with high-risk sexual behaviors and condom useC A Rietmeijer
Department of Public Health, Denver Health and Hospitals, Colorado, USA
Sex Transm Dis 25:353-60. 1998.... - Access to housing as a structural intervention for homeless and unstably housed people living with HIV: rationale, methods, and implementation of the housing and health studyDaniel P Kidder
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 11:149-61. 2007.... - Physical and sexual abuse among homeless and unstably housed adults living with HIV: prevalence and associated risksKirk D Henny
National Center for HIV AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE MS E 37, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
AIDS Behav 11:842-53. 2007..Identifying persons at risk of abuse is needed to reduce risk among homeless or unstably housed persons living with HIV... - Health status, health care use, medication use, and medication adherence among homeless and housed people living with HIV/AIDSDaniel P Kidder
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
Am J Public Health 97:2238-45. 2007..We sought to compare health status, health care use, HIV anti-retroviral medication use, and HIV medication adherence among homeless and housed people with HIV/AIDS... - A review of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's response to the HIV/AIDS crisis among Blacks in the United States, 1981-2009Madeline Y Sutton
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Centers for HIV AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS E 45, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Am J Public Health 99:S351-9. 2009.... - Meta-analysis of cognitive-behavioral interventions on HIV-positive persons' mental health and immune functioningNicole Crepaz
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, U S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Health Psychol 27:4-14. 2008..To evaluate the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral interventions (CBIs) for improving the mental health and immune functioning of people living with HIV (PLWH)... - Estimated future HIV prevalence, incidence, and potential infections averted in the United States: a multiple scenario analysisH Irene Hall
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 55:271-6. 2010..To estimate the potential future burden of HIV in the United States under different intervention scenarios... - Intentional abstinence among homeless and unstably housed persons living with HIV/AIDSCari Courtenay-Quirk
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, 30333, USA
AIDS Behav 13:1119-28. 2009..Better understanding of motivations to abstain may improve how programs serving PLWHA address this issue... - Summary of comments and recommendations from the CDC consultation on the HIV/AIDS Epidemic and prevention in the Hispanic/Latino communityMaria E Alvarez
Office of the Director and Capacity Building Branch, Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, NCHHSTP, CDC, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 21:7-18. 2009.... - Housing status and HIV risk behaviors among homeless and housed persons with HIVDaniel P Kidder
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, Mailstop E 04, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 49:451-5. 2008..To compare drug, alcohol, and sexual HIV transmission risk behaviors of homeless and housed people living with HIV/AIDS... - Greater risk for HIV infection of black men who have sex with men: a critical literature reviewGregorio A Millett
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, Mail Stop E 45, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Am J Public Health 96:1007-19. 2006..Evidence was insufficient to evaluate the remaining hypotheses.Future studies must address these hypotheses to provide additional explanations for the greater prevalence of HIV infection among Black MSM... - Is HIV/AIDS stigma dividing the gay community? Perceptions of HIV-positive men who have sex with menCari Courtenay-Quirk
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV STD, TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 18:56-67. 2006..HIV/AIDS stigma exists within the gay community and has a negative effect on the mental health of people living with HIV. HIV/AIDS stigma should be monitored closely so that we may better understand how to address it... - Sexual behavior among HIV-positive men who have sex with men: what's in a label?Trevor A Hart
Behavioral Intervention Research Branch, Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Mail Stop E 37, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
J Sex Res 40:179-88. 2003..Results suggest an added value in assessing self-labels in addition to asking about sexual behavior... - Interests in HIV prevention topics of HIV-seropositive men who have sex with menCari Courtenay-Quirk
Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV STD, TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 15:401-12. 2003..Risk behavior was not associated with program interests. Gaining a better understanding of interest in a variety of program topics among persons living with HIV is an important step in enhancing HIV transmission prevention programs... - Predictors of the use of viagra, testosterone, and antidepressants among HIV-seropositive gay and bisexual menDavid W Purcell
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, MS E 37, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
AIDS 19:S57-66. 2005..To examine the use and correlates of the use of prescription drugs that may affect sexual behavior among HIV-positive gay and bisexual men... - Psychosocial correlates of transmission risk behavior among HIV-seropositive gay and bisexual menAnn O'Leary
Divisions of HIV AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, MS E 37, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
AIDS 19:S67-75. 2005..We also sought to identify contextual influences that might contribute to initial levels of SCT factors such as self-efficacy... - Condom use and perceived risk of HIV transmission among sexually active HIV-positive men who have sex with menLisa Belcher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 17:79-89. 2005..This study highlights the need for more research in understanding how perceived health risk to others influences protective behaviors... - Moral agency and the sexual transmission of HIVAnn O'Leary
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Division of HIV AIDS Prevention, GA, USA
Psychol Bull 135:478-94. 2009..PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved)... - Are we headed for a resurgence of the HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men?R J Wolitski
National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Office of Communications, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mail Stop E 06, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Am J Public Health 91:883-8. 2001..Our recommendations for addressing the HIV prevention needs of MSM include the need to consider HIV-related issues within the broader context of the physical, mental, and sexual health of MSM... - HIV prevention case management: current practice and future directionsD W Purcell
Behavioral Intervention Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Health Soc Work 23:282-9. 1998..Most of the programs (80 percent) served HIV-seropositive and HIV-seronegative people. Results indicated considerable variation in the structure of PCM programs, the types of services, and the populations served... - Do prevention interventions reduce HIV risk behaviours among people living with HIV? A meta-analytic review of controlled trialsNicole Crepaz
AIDS 20:143-57. 2006..To conduct a meta-analytic review of HIV interventions for people living with HIV (PLWH) to determine their overall efficacy in reducing HIV risk behaviours and identify intervention characteristics associated with efficacy... - Correlates of sexual risk behaviors among HIV-positive men who have sex with menJeffrey T Parsons
Hunter College of the City University of New York, Department of Psychology, NY 10021, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 15:383-400. 2003..Implications for interventions with HIV-positive MSM are presented... - Seroconcordant sexual partnerings of HIV-seropositive men who have sex with menPerry N Halkitis
Department of Applied Psychology, Center for Health, Identity, Behavior and Prevention Studies, New York University, 239 Greene Street, New York, NY 10003, USA
AIDS 19:S77-86. 2005..To describe the sexual behaviors of HIV-positive men with their seroconcordant partners and to determine the factors associated with unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) in these sexual partnerings... - Risk Perception and sexual risk behaviors among HIV-positive men on antiretroviral therapyRobert H Remien
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, NY State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, 10036, USA
AIDS Behav 9:167-76. 2005..Prevention strategies need to be tailored to address risk perception associated with HAART... - Sexual risk of HIV transmission is missed by traditional methods of data collectionColleen C Hoff
University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
AIDS 18:340-2. 2004..Men reported 'dipping' an average of 5.1 times, representing 773 acts of insertive intercourse that would have been missed by traditional methods of sexual data behavior... - Sexual harm reduction practices of HIV-seropositive gay and bisexual men: serosorting, strategic positioning, and withdrawal before ejaculationJeffrey T Parsons
Department of Psychology, Hunter College of the City University of New York, 695 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA
AIDS 19:S13-25. 2005..Here we focus on the use of three harm reduction strategies (serosorting, strategic positioning, and withdrawal before ejaculation) in order to decrease transmission risk... - Barebacking identity among HIV-positive gay and bisexual men: demographic, psychological, and behavioral correlatesPerry N Halkitis
Department of Applied Psychology, Center for Health, Identity, Behavior and Prevention Studies, New York University, 239 Greene Street, New York, NY 10003, USA
AIDS 19:S27-35. 2005..To determine the correlates associated with barebacking identity among HIV-positive gay and bisexual men... - A comparison of on-line and off-line sexual risk in men who have sex with men: an event-based on-line surveyMary Ann Chiasson
Medical and Health Research Association of New York City, New York 10013, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 44:235-43. 2007..To assess whether men who have sex with men (MSM) are more likely to report unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) with partners met on-line compared with those met off-line... - Consistent, inconsistent, and non-disclosure to casual sexual partners among HIV-seropositive gay and bisexual menJeffrey T Parsons
Department of Psychology, Hunter College of the City University of New York, 695 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA
AIDS 19:S87-97. 2005..Comparisons were made particularly among men who reported consistent disclosure, inconsistent disclosure, and non-disclosure... - Cost and threshold analysis of housing as an HIV prevention interventionDavid R Holtgrave
Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
AIDS Behav 11:162-6. 2007..The intervention would be cost-effective if it prevented just one HIV transmission for every 64 clients served... - Substance use and sexual behavior during incarceration among 18- to 29-year old men: prevalence and correlatesDavid Wyatt Seal
Center for AIDS Intervention Research, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2071 North Summit Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53202, USA
AIDS Behav 12:27-40. 2008..Findings document the occurrence of substance use and sexual behavior among incarcerated men, and highlight the need for continued research into the context of these behaviors... - Partner awareness of the serostatus of HIV-seropositive men who have sex with men: impact on unprotected sexual behaviorTrevor A Hart
York University, York
AIDS Behav 9:155-66. 2005..However, there were no differences in HIV transmission risk behavior between men with partners who were consistently aware and men with partners who were consistently unaware a participant was HIV-seropositive...