Health Behavior Change Models for HIV Prevention and AIDS Care
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Health Behavior Change Models for HIV Prevention and AIDS Care: Practical Recommendations for a Multi-Level Approach
Despite increasing recent emphasis on the social and structural determinants of HIV-related behavior, empirical research and interventions lag behind, partly because of the complexity of social-structural approaches. This article provides a comprehensive and practical review of the diverse literature on multi-level approaches to HIV-related behavior change in the interest of contributing to the...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1525-4135
DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000000236