Evaluation of the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Denver, Colorado.
Denver Public Health implements the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System (NHBS), a cyclical survey of populations at increased risk for HIV. We evaluated the implementation of NHBS among Denver men who have sex with men (MSM), considering the system's simplicity, data quality, representativen...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Community Health Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 291 - 301 |
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Apr2015
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