Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 43, Issue 2 , Pages 201-204 , August 2008

Parents Know and Parents Matter; Is It Time to Develop Family-Based HIV Prevention Programs for Young Men Who Have Sex with Men?

  • Robert Garofalo, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Howard Brown Health Center and Children's Memorial Hospital/Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Robert Garofalo, M.D., M.P.H., Howard Brown Health Center, 4025 N. Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60613.
    • ,
  • Brian Mustanski, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Institute for Juvenile Research at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
    • ,
  • Geri Donenberg, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Institute for Juvenile Research at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Received 30 August 2007 ,Accepted 11 January 2008.

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PII: S1054-139X(08)00099-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.01.017

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 43, Issue 2 , Pages 201-204 , August 2008

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