| hiv risk behaviors and testing history in historically black college and university settings. | from 2001 through 2005, african americans accounted for the largest percentage of new cases of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)/ acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) in all age categories, especially among people aged 13 to 24 years. although students attending historically black colleges and universities (hbcus) report many of the behaviors that promote hiv transmission, their risk behaviors and hiv testing practices have not been well-characterized. we compared the demographic and behav ... | 2008 | 19166095 |
| factors associated with delays in accessing hiv primary care in rural arkansas. | while debate continues at what stage of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) disease to begin combination antiretroviral therapy, a number of clinical and public health benefits are linked to early entry into primary care soon after first testing hiv positive. however, hiv-infected patients continue to test late and delay entry into care. we used routinely collected demographic and clinical information to examine which factors are associated with delays in seeking care in a predominantly rural, ec ... | 2001 | 11689140 |