Racial residential segregation and risky sexual behavior among non-Hispanic blacks, 2006-2010

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 140, Issue , 2015, Pages 95-103

  Lutfi, Khaleeq ^a   Trepka, Mary Jo ^a   Fennie, Kristopher P ^a   Ibanez, Gladys ^a   Gladwin, Hugh ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Census; Non Hispanic blacks; NSFG; Residential segregation; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; CENSUS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH STATUS; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; RACIAL SEGREGATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONCURRENT SEXUAL PARTNERSHIP; CONDOM USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; RACIAL RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN POPULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; POVERTY; RACISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POVERTY; RACISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937877440     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.07.004     Document Type: Article

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