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| Yuri AmirkhanianSummaryAffiliation: Medical College of Wisconsin Country: USA Publications
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High-risk sexual behavior, HIV/STD prevalence, and risk predictors in the social networks of young Roma (Gypsy) men in BulgariaYuri A Amirkhanian
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Center for AIDS Intervention Research, International HIV Prevention Research Core, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2071 North Summit Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53202, USA
J Immigr Minor Health 15:172-81. 2013..Two men had HIV infection, 3.7% gonorrhea, and 5.2% chlamydia. HIV prevention interventions directed toward high-risk social networks of Roma are needed before HIV infection becomes more widely established...- Review of HIV vulnerability and condom use in central and eastern EuropeYuri A Amirkhanian
Center for AIDS Intervention Research, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202, USA
Sex Health 9:34-43. 2012..Intensified, comprehensive and locally tailored measures to curb sexual HIV transmission are urgently needed. Social development programs need to incorporate HIV prevention... - People with HIV in HAART-era Russia: transmission risk behavior prevalence, antiretroviral medication-taking, and psychosocial distressYuri A Amirkhanian
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Center for AIDS Intervention Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202, USA
AIDS Behav 15:767-77. 2011..Social programs should reduce stigma and discrimination, and promote social integration of affected persons and their families... - Male labor migrants in Russia: HIV risk behavior levels, contextual factors, and prevention needsYuri A Amirkhanian
Center for AIDS Intervention Research CAIR, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53202, USA
J Immigr Minor Health 13:919-28. 2011..Eastern European migrants had higher AIDS knowledge, alcohol and drug use, and sexual risk. Improved HIV prevention efforts are needed to reduce the risk vulnerability of migrants who relocate to high disease prevalence areas... 
HIV risk behaviour patterns, predictors, and sexually transmitted disease prevalence in the social networks of young men who have sex with men in St Petersburg, RussiaYuri A Amirkhanian
Center for AIDS Intervention Research, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202, USA
Int J STD AIDS 17:50-6. 2006..There was a high level of correspondence in behaviour between the social leader of a network and its other members. Social networks should be directly targeted in HIV prevention efforts...
A randomized social network HIV prevention trial with young men who have sex with men in Russia and BulgariaYuri A Amirkhanian
Center for AIDS Intervention Research CAIR, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202, USA
AIDS 19:1897-905. 2005..To evaluate the effects of an HIV prevention intervention with social networks of young men who have sex with men (YMSM) in St. Petersburg, Russia and Sofia, Bulgaria...- Identifying, recruiting, and assessing social networks at high risk for HIV/AIDS: methodology, practice, and a case study in St Petersburg, RussiaY A Amirkhanian
Center for AIDS Intervention Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukeee, WI 53202, USA
AIDS Care 17:58-75. 2005.... - HIV prevention nongovernmental organizations in Central and Eastern Europe: programs, resources and challengesY A Amirkhanian
Center for AIDS Intervention Research, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Cent Eur J Public Health 12:12-8. 2004..Five such exemplary programs are described in this article. HIV epidemics in the region are still potentially controllable. NGOs need immediate support so that they can carry out their community-based activities on a larger scale... - AIDS knowledge, attitudes, and behaviour in Russia: results of a population-based, random-digit telephone survey in St PetersburgY A Amirkhanian
St Petersburg State University, Russia
Int J STD AIDS 12:50-7. 2001..2% through sharing cigarettes. HIV/AIDS prevention efforts for the general public and also targeted campaigns directed toward high-risk communities must be quickly undertaken in Russia... - Predictors of HIV risk behavior among Russian men who have sex with men: an emerging epidemicY A Amirkhanian
Faculty of Sociology, St Petersburg State University, Russia
AIDS 15:407-12. 2001..Russia is experiencing one of the sharpest increases in HIV incidence in the world. Almost no research has examined patterns of risk behavior among Russian men who have sex with men (MSM)... - Psychosocial needs, mental health, and HIV transmission risk behavior among people living with HIV/AIDS in St Petersburg, RussiaYuri A Amirkhanian
Center for AIDS Intervention Research CAIR, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
AIDS 17:2367-74. 2003..Very little is known about the social, psychological, behavioral, and health care service access of persons living with HIV in Russia... - Evaluation of a social network HIV prevention intervention program for young men who have sex with men in Russia and BulgariaYuri A Amirkhanian
Center for AIDS Intervention Research, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2017 N Summit Avenue, Milwaukee 53202, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 15:205-20. 2003..Although not a controlled, randomized trial, these program evaluation findings strongly support the feasibility of social network-level HIV prevention approaches... - HIV/STD prevalence, risk behavior, and substance use patterns and predictors in Russian and Hungarian sociocentric social networks of men who have sex with menYuri A Amirkhanian
Center for AIDS Intervention Research, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 21:266-79. 2009..Sociocentric social network sampling approaches are feasible and constitute a modality for reaching hidden high-risk populations inaccessible through conventional methods... - HIV prevention in Africa: programs and populations served by non-governmental organizationsEric G Benotsch
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Center for AIDS Intervention Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53202, USA
J Community Health 29:319-36. 2004..NGOs in Africa are struggling to implement sustainable, cost-effective programs with few resources. Strengthening the infrastructure and capacity of these key agencies is crucial to fighting the AIDS epidemic in Africa... - The newest epidemic: a review of HIV/AIDS in Central and Eastern EuropeJeffrey A Kelly
Center for AIDS Intervention Research, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Int J STD AIDS 14:361-71. 2003..This will require new models of government/non-governmental organization cooperation, policy approaches for addressing structural factors underlying the epidemic, and attention to human rights protection... - Levels and Predictors of Sexual HIV Risk in Social Networks of Men who Have Sex with Men in the MidwestJeffrey A Kelly
Center for AIDS Intervention Research, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53202, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 22:483-95. 2010..Social network-level approaches are feasible for reaching hidden subgroups of MSM at high risk for contracting HIV... - Prevention of HIV and sexually transmitted diseases in high risk social networks of young Roma (Gypsy) men in Bulgaria: randomised controlled trialJeffrey A Kelly
Center for AIDS Intervention Research CAIR, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, 2071 North Summit Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202, USA
BMJ 333:1098. 2006..To determine the effects of a behavioural intervention for prevention of HIV and sexually transmitted diseases that identified, trained, and engaged leaders of Roma (Gypsy) men's social networks to counsel their own network members... - Distance communication transfer of HIV prevention interventions to service providersJeffrey A Kelly
Center for AIDS Intervention Research (CAIR, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
Science 305:1953-5. 2004..Advanced communication technologies can create a cost-effective infrastructure to disseminate new intervention models to service providers worldwide... - "Condoms are reliable but I am not": A qualitative analysis of AIDS-related beliefs and attitudes of young heterosexual adults in Budapest, Hungary, and St. Petersburg, RussiaJudit Takacs
Institute of Sociology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
Cent Eur J Public Health 14:59-66. 2006..HIV/STD prevention programs are needed that extend beyond risk education alone and that also address critical psychological, social, and relationship factors related to sexual risk behavior... - HIV risk behavior patterns, predictors, and sexually transmitted disease prevalence in the social networks of young Roma (Gypsy) men in Sofia, BulgariaElena Kabakchieva
Health and Social Development Foundation, Sofia, Bulgaria
Sex Transm Dis 33:485-90. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: One's social network was the most powerful predictor of HIV risk behavior. HIV/STD prevention interventions directed toward entire social networks are especially promising... - HIV risk behaviour among gay and bisexual men in Budapest, HungaryPeter Csepe
Department of Public Health, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
Int J STD AIDS 13:192-200. 2002..Community-based HIV prevention programmes focused on the needs of gay or bisexual men in Central and Eastern Europe are urgently needed... - High levels of sexual HIV/STD risk behaviour among Roma (Gypsy) men in Bulgaria: patterns and predictors of risk in a representative community sampleElena Kabakchieva
Health and Social Development Foundation, Sofia, Bulgaria
Int J STD AIDS 13:184-91. 2002..These factors should be targeted in rapid, comprehensive, and culturally sensitive prevention interventions for Roma communities...
Research Grants
- HIV Risk Reduction Predictors in Russian Social NetworksYuri Amirkhanian; Fiscal Year: 2006..s. ..
- Targeted Social Network HIV Prevention InterventionYuri Amirkhanian; Fiscal Year: 2007..This research, if successful, will provide a model that can be used to focus HIV prevention efforts on community population segments in greatest need. ..
- Fostering an AIDS Research and Training Center Infrastructure in RussiaYuri Amirkhanian; Fiscal Year: 2007....