Experiences of racial discrimination and relation to sexual risk for HIV among a sample of urban black and African American men

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 314-322

  Reed, E ^a   Santana, M C ^b   Bowleg, L ^c   Welles, S L ^c   Horsburgh, C R ^b   Raj, A ^d  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Racial discrimination; STD HIV

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACISM; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ENGLAND; ODDS RATIO; RACISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876296153     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-012-9690-x     Document Type: Article

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