Kenneth A Vail
Biographic Data
| ID | 789384 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kenneth A Vail |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kenneth A |
| FAMILY NAME | Vail |
| SIGNATURE | VAIL K A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Providing HIV Education and Outreach via Internet Chat Rooms to Men who Have Sex with Men
This article describes a pilot project that provided Internet-based outreach and HIV educational information to Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM). The project provided services via chat rooms designated for MSM who meet there anonymously for sexual encounters. Services were designed to support behavior changes as well as serving a gateway function for additional services at the host agency. The experiences of the project suggest that the target pop…
Demystifying the Injection Drug User: Willingness to Participate in Traditional Drug Treatment Services Among Participants in a Needle Exchange Program
Injection drug users have been vilified in our culture as being wild-eyed and willing to do anything for the next hit. These individuals are typically seen as being unemployed, uneducated and completely disinterested in making any changes in their lives. Sixty-one participants in a syringe exchange program in Cleveland, Ohio were interviewed using the NIDA Risk Behavior Assessment. Fifty (81%) of the respondents were either in an abstinence-based…
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Demystifying the Injection Drug User: Willingness to Participate in Traditional Drug Treatment Services Among Participants in a Needle Exchange Program
Injection drug users have been vilified in our culture as being wild-eyed and willing to do anything for the next hit. These individuals are typically seen as being unemployed, uneducated and completely disinterested in making any changes in their lives. Sixty-one participants in a syringe exchange program in Cleveland, Ohio were interviewed using the NIDA Risk Behavior Assessment. Fifty (81%) of the respondents were either in an abstinence-based…
Providing HIV Education and Outreach via Internet Chat Rooms to Men who Have Sex with Men
This article describes a pilot project that provided Internet-based outreach and HIV educational information to Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM). The project provided services via chat rooms designated for MSM who meet there anonymously for sexual encounters. Services were designed to support behavior changes as well as serving a gateway function for additional services at the host agency. The experiences of the project suggest that the target pop…
Family medicine (2 works) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (2 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Agency (philosophy (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Drug (1 works) · Drug user (1 works) · Environmental health (1 works)