1. A behavioral measure of AIDS information seeking by drug and alcohol inpatients
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Gennaro Ottomanelli, Bernard Bihari, Thomas H. Kramer, Jo Ann Mosely, James Fine, and Frank R. Cancellieri
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Adult ,Male ,Drug ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Substance-Related Disorders ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Health Behavior ,Medicine (miscellaneous) ,Alcohol ,Psychiatric Department, Hospital ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Patient Education as Topic ,Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) ,Risk Factors ,Female patient ,Humans ,Medicine ,Psychiatry ,media_common ,Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ,Information seeking ,business.industry ,medicine.disease ,Substance abuse ,Alcoholism ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Clinical Psychology ,chemistry ,Public hospital ,Female ,Observational study ,Pshychiatric Mental Health ,business - Abstract
A nonreactive, observational research method was used to measure AIDS information-seeking behavior of patients on four drug and alcohol inpatient units at a large public hospital in New York City. Results showed only 23 inquiries from 271 male and female patients over a six-week interval. Possible explanations and implications of these results are discussed.
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- 1989
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