Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 44, Issue 2 , Pages 136-145 , February 2009

A Human Immunodeficiency Virus Risk Reduction Intervention for Incarcerated Youth: A Randomized Controlled Trial

  • Eudice Goldberg, M.D., FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Eudice Goldberg, M.D., F.R.C.P.C., Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada.
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  • Peggy Millson, M.D., FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • HIV Social, Behavioral and Epidemiological Studies Unit, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Stephen Rivers, Ph.D., C. Psych.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Stephanie Jeanneret Manning, B.A.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Karen Leslie, M.D., FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Stanley Read, M.D., Ph.D., FRCPC

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Caitlin Shipley, M.S.W.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • J. Charles Victor, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Received 21 December 2007 ,Accepted 31 July 2008.

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PII: S1054-139X(08)00369-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.07.021

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 44, Issue 2 , Pages 136-145 , February 2009

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