Syndemics, sex and the city: Understanding sexually transmitted diseases in social and cultural context

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2010-2021

  Singer, Merrill C ^a   Erickson, Pamela I ^b   Badiane, Louise ^b   Diaz, Rosemary ^b   Ortiz, Dugeidy ^b   Abraham, Traci ^b   Nicolaysen, Anna Marie ^b,c  

^a Hispanic Health Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c HISPANIC HEALTH COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Political economy; Puerto Rican; Sexually transmitted diseases; Syndemics; Young adults

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; POLITICAL ECONOMY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOGIC; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CONNECTICUT; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CONNECTICUT; GREATER ANTILLES; HARTFORD; NORTH AMERICA; PUERTO RICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747757931     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.05.012     Document Type: Article

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