journal of men's health
Volume 8, Issue 4 , Pages 274-281 , December 2011

A novel, self-guided, home-based intervention to promote condom use among young men: a pilot study

  • Robin R. Milhausen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, Room 219 Macdonald Institute, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, N1G 2W1; and The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, Indiana University; and Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Jessica Wood, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, University of Guelph, Guelph, N1H 5R1 Canada
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  • Stephanie A. Sanders, PhD

      Affiliations

    • The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, Indiana University; and Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention, Indiana University; and Department of Gender Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA
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  • Richard A. Crosby, PhD

      Affiliations

    • The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, Indiana University; and Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA; and Department of Health Behavior, College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40506, USA
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  • William L. Yarber, PhD

      Affiliations

    • The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, Indiana University; and Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention, Indiana University; and Department of Gender Studies, Indiana University; and Department of Applied Health Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 47405 USA
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  • Cynthia A. Graham, PhD

      Affiliations

    • The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, Indiana University; and Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA; and Department of Psychology, Brunel University, Uxbridge, UB8 3PH, UK

Received 20 October 2010 ,Revised 14 May 2011 ,Accepted 30 June 2011.

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PII: S1875-6867(11)00076-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jomh.2011.06.003

journal of men's health
Volume 8, Issue 4 , Pages 274-281 , December 2011

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