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Thomas J. Coates, PhD

Director, UCLA Center for World Health
Verified email at mednet.ucla.edu
Cited by 50034

Stigma in the HIV/AIDS epidemic: a review of the literature and recommendations for the way forward

AP Mahajan, JN Sayles, VA Patel, RH Remien… - Aids, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Although stigma is considered a major barrier to effective responses to the HIV/AIDS
epidemic, stigma reduction efforts are relegated to the bottom of AIDS programme priorities …

Methodological problems in AIDS behavioral research: influences on measurement error and participation bias in studies of sexual behavior.

JA Catania, DR Gibson, DD Chitwood… - Psychological …, 1990 - psycnet.apa.org
An unprecedented number of human sexuality studies have been initiated in response to the
acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemic. Unfortunately, methodological …

Alcohol use, drug use and alcohol‐related problems among men who have sex with men: the Urban Men's Health Study

R Stall, JP Paul, G Greenwood, LM Pollack, E Bein… - …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Aims. To measure the prevalence and independent associations of heavy and problematic
use of alcohol and recreational drugs among a household‐based sample of urban MSM …

Treatment of mild hypertension study: final results

JD Neaton, RH Grimm, RJ Prineas, J Stamler… - Jama, 1993 - jamanetwork.com
Objective.—To compare six antihypertensive interventions for the treatment of mild
hypertension. Design.—Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial. Setting …

Towards an understanding of risk behavior: An AIDS risk reduction model (ARRM)

JA Catania, SM Kegeles… - Health education …, 1990 - journals.sagepub.com
This report presents a three-stage model (ARRM) that characterize people's efforts to
change sexual behaviors related to HIV transmission. ARRM focuses on social and …

Risk factors for HIV infection among men who have sex with men

BA Koblin, MJ Husnik, G Colfax, Y Huang, M Madison… - Aids, 2006 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: Risk factors for HIV acquisition were examined in a recent cohort of men who
have sex with men (MSM). Design: A longitudinal analysis of 4295 HIV-negative MSM …

Behavioural strategies to reduce HIV transmission: how to make them work better

TJ Coates, L Richter, C Caceres - The Lancet, 2008 - thelancet.com
This paper makes five key points. First is that the aggregate effect of radical and sustained
behavioural changes in a sufficient number of individuals potentially at risk is needed for …

The Mpowerment Project: a community-level HIV prevention intervention for young gay men.

SM Kegeles, RB Hays… - American journal of …, 1996 - ajph.aphapublications.org
OBJECTIVES. Since young gay men are engaging in alarmingly high rates of unsafe sex
and few seek help for changing risky behaviors, community-level programs to prevent …

Depressive symptoms and CD4 lymphocyte decline among HIV-infected men

JH Burack, DC Barrett, RD Stall, MA Chesney… - Jama, 1993 - jamanetwork.com
Objective.—To investigate whether high levels of depressive symptomatology at baseline
predict more rapid decline of CD4 lymphocyte counts and progression of clinical disease in …

Alcohol and drug use during sexual activity and compliance with safe sex guidelines for AIDS: The AIDS behavioral research project

R Stall, L McKusick, J Wiley… - Health education …, 1986 - journals.sagepub.com
This article describes the association between drug and alcohol use during sexual activity
and high-risk sex for AIDS. Data to test this association are drawn from a pros pective study …