Sexual Orientation- and Race-Based Discrimination and Sexual HIV Risk Behavior Among Urban MSM

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 257-269

  Frye, Victoria ^a,b   Nandi, Vijay ^a   Egan, James ^c   Cerda, Magdalena ^b   Greene, Emily ^a,c   Van Tieu, Hong ^a   Ompad, Danielle C ^d   Hoover, Donald R ^e   Lucy, Debbie ^a   Baez, Eduardo ^a   Koblin, Beryl A ^a  

^a NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV prevention; MSM; Sexual behavior; Social discrimination

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PSYCHOLOGY; RACISM; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; RACISM; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 84925533370     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: 15733254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-014-0937-2     Document Type: Article

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