Associations of Race/Ethnicity With HIV Prevalence and HIV-Related Behaviors Among Young Men Who Have Sex With Men in 7 Urban Centers in the United States
- N. Harawa, S. Greenland, L. A. Valleroy
- PsychologyJournal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
- 15 April 2004
Positive associations with HIV included older age, being out of school or work, sex while on crack cocaine, and anal sex with another male regardless of reported condom use level, but differences in these factors did not explain the racial/ethnic disparities in HIV prevalence.
High prevalence of HIV infection among young men who have sex with men in New York City
- B. Koblin, L. Torian, V. Guilin, L. Ren, D. MacKellar, L. A. Valleroy
- MedicineAIDS (London)
- 18 August 2000
A large subgroup of MSM in need of effective HIV and HBV primary and secondary prevention programs is identified, found that being older, of mixed race, black or ever having had an STD was associated with being HIV antibody positive.
Impact of increased legal access to needles and syringes on practices of injecting-drug users and police officers--Connecticut, 1992-1993.
- S. Groseclose, B. Weinstein, T. S. Jones, L. A. Valleroy, L. Fehrs, W. Kassler
- Medicine, LawJournal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes…
- 1 September 1995
The changes in Connecticut laws were associated with decreases in self-reported syringe-sharing and increases in purchasing by IDUs of sterile syringes from reliable sources, suggesting that the simultaneous repeal of both prescription and paraphernalia laws is an important HIV prevention strategy.
Impact of increased legal access to needles and syringes on community pharmacies' needle and syringe sales--Connecticut, 1992-1993.
- L. A. Valleroy, B. Weinstein, T. S. Jones, S. Groseclose, R. Rolfs, W. Kassler
- Medicine, Political ScienceJournal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes…
- 1 September 1995
The data suggest that the new laws increased IDUs' access to sterile syringes in Connecticut and provide indirect evidence that IDUs were purchasing nonprescription syringing at pharmacies.
Risk profile of female sex workers who participate in a routine penicillin prophylaxis programme in Surabaya, Indonesia
- M. Joesoef, L. A. Valleroy, M. S. St. Louis
- MedicineInternational journal of STD & AIDS
- 1 December 1998
A sexually transmitted disease prevalence survey of 1867 female sex workers in Surabaya, Indonesia, found that sex workers who had received routine penicillin prophylaxis injection were more likely to be less educated, to work in brothel complexes, and to have more customers per week than other sex workers.