Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 47, Issue 5 , Pages 448-455 , November 2010

Reducing Drug Use, Human Immunodeficiency Virus Risk, and Recidivism Among Young Men Leaving Jail: Evaluation of the REAL MEN Re-entry Program

  • Nicholas Freudenberg, Dr.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • City University of New York School of Public Health, Hunter College, New York, New York
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Nicholas Freudenberg, Dr.P.H., City University of New York School of Public Health, Hunter College, 425 East 25th Street, New York, NY 10010.
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  • Megha Ramaswamy, Ph.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, Kansas
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  • Jessie Daniels, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • City University of New York School of Public Health, Hunter College, New York, New York
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  • Martha Crum, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sociology, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, New York
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  • Danielle C. Ompad, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • The Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies (CUES), The New York Academy of Medicine, New York, New York
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  • David Vlahov, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • The Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies (CUES), The New York Academy of Medicine, New York, New York

Received 1 September 2009 ,Accepted 12 January 2010.

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PII: S1054-139X(10)00031-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2010.01.008

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 47, Issue 5 , Pages 448-455 , November 2010

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