Leon Mckusick
Biographic Data
| ID | 74900 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leon Mckusick |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leon |
| FAMILY NAME | Mckusick |
| SIGNATURE | MCKUSICK L |
| AFFILIATIONS | San Francisco AIDS Foundation |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 99 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
What to Do about Aids
Disclosing HIV seropositivity to significant others
OBJECTIVES: To examine gay men's patterns of self-disclosure of HIV seropositivity to friends, lovers, relatives and colleagues; to assess the effects of disclosure; and to identify reasons for not disclosing to particular individuals. DESIGN: Longitudinal questionnaire survey of gay men. METHODS: A total of 163 HIV-positive men participating in the AIDS Behavioral Research Project, a longitudinal study of San Francisco gay men, completed questio…
Help‐seeking for Aids‐related concerns
Examined help-seeking and psychological distress among four groups of gay men (30 AIDS-diagnosed, 107 HIV-seropositive, 149 HIV-seronegative, 244 untested) in the AIDS Behavioral Research Project, a longitudinal survey of San Francisco gay men. The men reported high levels of anxiety, depression, and help-seeking from their social networks. AIDS-diagnosed and HIV-positives reported the most AIDS worry and were the most likely to seek help. High p…
Longitudinal predictors of reductions in unprotected anal intercourse among gay men in San Francisco
Predictors of unprotected anal intercourse were examined among 508 gay men in San Francisco. The cohort was recruited in 1983-84 at which time 49.8 percent of non-monogamous men (N = 435) and 71.2 percent of monogamous men (N = 73) reported practicing unprotected anal intercourse. Only 12 percent of non-monogamous and 27.4 percent of monogamous men reported these practices in 1988. The non-monogamous men who practiced unprotected anal intercourse…
Sexual Risk for HIV Transmission among Singles-Bar Patrons in San Francisco
Sexual risk for HIV infection was measured among heterosexual male and female and homosexual male bar patrons in San Francisco. High levels of sexual risk for HIV transmission were reported, especially in comparison to other samples of heterosexual and homosexual populations in San Francisco. Interventions must do more than communicate knowledge about the routes of HIV transmission, since these bar patrons demonstrated high levels of AIDS knowled…
Stress reduction training changed number of sexual partners but not immune function in men with HIV
We tested the impact of stress management training on sexual behavior and immune functioning in 64 gay men infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Subjects randomized to the stress management group met for eight two-hour sessions and one all day retreat to learn systematic relaxation, health behavior change, and stress management skills. Compared to those randomized to a wait list control, treatment subjects reported significantly fewer…
Counselling Survivors of Aids
Aids antibody testing
The impact of Aids on practitioner and client
What to do About Aids
Alcohol and Drug Use During Sexual Activity and Compliance with Safe Sex Guidelines for Aids
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 of the behavioral changes made by gay men in San Francisco in response to the AIDS epidemic. Findings drawn from the May, 1984 and May 1985 waves of data collection are described. The cross-sectional analysis showed that use of particular drugs during sex, the numb…
Aids and sexual behavior reported by gay men in San Francisco
In November 1983, we surveyed 655 gay men in San Francisco regarding their sexual practices during the previous month and the same month one year ago. The sample was selected to include men in situations that would lead to high risk of sexual activities related to AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) transmission (i.e., men frequenting bathhouses and gay bars) as well as men in low-risk situations (those going to neither place and men in pr…
Response from McKusick, et al
Response from McKusick, et al Leon McKusick, Thomas Coates, and William Horstman CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.75.12.1449-a Published Online: October 07, 2011
The impact of Aids on practitioner and client
Aids and sexual behavior reported by gay men in San Francisco
In November 1983, we surveyed 655 gay men in San Francisco regarding their sexual practices during the previous month and the same month one year ago. The sample was selected to include men in situations that would lead to high risk of sexual activities related to AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) transmission (i.e., men frequenting bathhouses and gay bars) as well as men in low-risk situations (those going to neither place and men in pr…
Help‐seeking for Aids‐related concerns
Examined help-seeking and psychological distress among four groups of gay men (30 AIDS-diagnosed, 107 HIV-seropositive, 149 HIV-seronegative, 244 untested) in the AIDS Behavioral Research Project, a longitudinal survey of San Francisco gay men. The men reported high levels of anxiety, depression, and help-seeking from their social networks. AIDS-diagnosed and HIV-positives reported the most AIDS worry and were the most likely to seek help. High p…
Longitudinal predictors of reductions in unprotected anal intercourse among gay men in San Francisco
Predictors of unprotected anal intercourse were examined among 508 gay men in San Francisco. The cohort was recruited in 1983-84 at which time 49.8 percent of non-monogamous men (N = 435) and 71.2 percent of monogamous men (N = 73) reported practicing unprotected anal intercourse. Only 12 percent of non-monogamous and 27.4 percent of monogamous men reported these practices in 1988. The non-monogamous men who practiced unprotected anal intercourse…
Sexual Risk for HIV Transmission among Singles-Bar Patrons in San Francisco
Sexual risk for HIV infection was measured among heterosexual male and female and homosexual male bar patrons in San Francisco. High levels of sexual risk for HIV transmission were reported, especially in comparison to other samples of heterosexual and homosexual populations in San Francisco. Interventions must do more than communicate knowledge about the routes of HIV transmission, since these bar patrons demonstrated high levels of AIDS knowled…
Aids and sexual behavior reported by gay men in San Francisco
In November 1983, we surveyed 655 gay men in San Francisco regarding their sexual practices during the previous month and the same month one year ago. The sample was selected to include men in situations that would lead to high risk of sexual activities related to AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) transmission (i.e., men frequenting bathhouses and gay bars) as well as men in low-risk situations (those going to neither place and men in pr…
Response from McKusick, et al
Response from McKusick, et al Leon McKusick, Thomas Coates, and William Horstman CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.75.12.1449-a Published Online: October 07, 2011
What to do About Aids
Alcohol and Drug Use During Sexual Activity and Compliance with Safe Sex Guidelines for Aids
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 of the behavioral changes made by gay men in San Francisco in response to the AIDS epidemic. Findings drawn from the May, 1984 and May 1985 waves of data collection are described. The cross-sectional analysis showed that use of particular drugs during sex, the numb…
Counselling Survivors of Aids
Aids antibody testing
The impact of Aids on practitioner and client
Stress reduction training changed number of sexual partners but not immune function in men with HIV
We tested the impact of stress management training on sexual behavior and immune functioning in 64 gay men infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Subjects randomized to the stress management group met for eight two-hour sessions and one all day retreat to learn systematic relaxation, health behavior change, and stress management skills. Compared to those randomized to a wait list control, treatment subjects reported significantly fewer…
Help‐seeking for Aids‐related concerns
Examined help-seeking and psychological distress among four groups of gay men (30 AIDS-diagnosed, 107 HIV-seropositive, 149 HIV-seronegative, 244 untested) in the AIDS Behavioral Research Project, a longitudinal survey of San Francisco gay men. The men reported high levels of anxiety, depression, and help-seeking from their social networks. AIDS-diagnosed and HIV-positives reported the most AIDS worry and were the most likely to seek help. High p…
Longitudinal predictors of reductions in unprotected anal intercourse among gay men in San Francisco
Predictors of unprotected anal intercourse were examined among 508 gay men in San Francisco. The cohort was recruited in 1983-84 at which time 49.8 percent of non-monogamous men (N = 435) and 71.2 percent of monogamous men (N = 73) reported practicing unprotected anal intercourse. Only 12 percent of non-monogamous and 27.4 percent of monogamous men reported these practices in 1988. The non-monogamous men who practiced unprotected anal intercourse…
Sexual Risk for HIV Transmission among Singles-Bar Patrons in San Francisco
Sexual risk for HIV infection was measured among heterosexual male and female and homosexual male bar patrons in San Francisco. High levels of sexual risk for HIV transmission were reported, especially in comparison to other samples of heterosexual and homosexual populations in San Francisco. Interventions must do more than communicate knowledge about the routes of HIV transmission, since these bar patrons demonstrated high levels of AIDS knowled…
Disclosing HIV seropositivity to significant others
OBJECTIVES: To examine gay men's patterns of self-disclosure of HIV seropositivity to friends, lovers, relatives and colleagues; to assess the effects of disclosure; and to identify reasons for not disclosing to particular individuals. DESIGN: Longitudinal questionnaire survey of gay men. METHODS: A total of 163 HIV-positive men participating in the AIDS Behavioral Research Project, a longitudinal study of San Francisco gay men, completed questio…
What to Do about Aids
The impact of Aids on practitioner and client
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (10 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (10 works) · Medicine (10 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (6 works) · Family medicine (5 works) · Gerontology (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Demography (3 works)