Sentencing risk: history of incarceration and HIV/STD transmission risk behaviours among Black men who have sex with men in Massachusetts

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 329-345

  Bland, Sean E ^a   Mimiaga, Matthew J ^a,b,c,d   Reisner, Sari L ^a,b   White, Jaclyn M ^a   Driscoll, Maura A ^e   Isenberg, Deborah ^e   Cranston, Kevin ^e   Mayer, Kenneth H ^a,c,f  

^a FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Black; HIV; incarceration; men who have sex with men; STDs; USA

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COMORBIDITY; DRUG ABUSE; ETHNOLOGY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONER; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860832019     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2011.639902     Document Type: Article

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