Is there a relationship between participating in them and HIV/AIDS knowledge, testing behaviors, and serostatus?
–> Home | Browse by Day | or Program | Author Index 183722 LGBT youth service organizations: Is there a relationship between participating in them and HIV/AIDS knowledge, testing behaviors, and serostatus? Monday, October 27, 2008 Christopher M. Fisher, MA , Center for Sexual Health Promotion, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN Eric R. Wright, PhD , School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Center for Urban Policy and the Environment, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN Harold Kooreman, MA , IU Center for Health Policy, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN BACKGROUND: Public health professionals know the importance of organized youth groups targeting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals in increasing behavior-specific knowledge of HIV/AIDS and reducing disparities which lead to increased risk of infection. To date, no known studies have attempted to ascertain the longer-term relationships of partic