Letter/Communication
History of incarceration and gang involvement are associated with recent sexually transmitted disease/HIV diagnosis in African American men
JAIDS-JOURNAL OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES, v 47(1)
01 Jan 2008
PMID: 18156996
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Abstract
Although African Americans are 13% of the US population, they constitute 49% of those living with HIV/AIDS.1 Although condom use is necessary to prevent sexual transmission of HIV, recent research with heterosexual African Americans in the rural south indicates that unprotected sex is not predictive of HIV for this population.2 Studies are documenting that riskier types of sex (sex trade and multiple and concurrent sex partners, including male sex partners), drug and alcohol misuse, and social-contextual factors (ie, poverty, lower education, incarceration history) rather than unprotected sex are significantly associated with higher rates of HIV among heterosexual African Americans.2-6 No research has directly examined whether such contextual issues remain linked to sexually transmitted disease (STD)/HIV diagnoses after accounting for the effects of individual risky sexual and substance use behaviors. Further, contextual factors such as street violence and gang involvement have largely been ignored in previous sexual risk research with heterosexual African American men, a notable concern given the established associations among gang involvement, violence and homicide, substance use, and incarceration.7,8 The purpose of this study was to assess whether incarceration, street violence, and gang involvement are independently associated with STD/HIV diagnosis among a sample of at-risk African American men who have sex with women, after accounting for risky sex and substance use behaviors and relevant demographic variables.
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- Title
- History of incarceration and gang involvement are associated with recent sexually transmitted disease/HIV diagnosis in African American men
- Creators
- Anita Raj - Boston UniversityElizabeth Reed - Boston UniversityM. Christina Santana - Boston UniversitySeth L. Welles - Boston UniversityC. Robert Horsburgh - Boston UniversityStephen A. Flores - Centers for Disease Control and PreventionJay G. Silverman - Boston University
- Publication Details
- JAIDS-JOURNAL OF ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES, v 47(1)
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Number of pages
- 4
- Grant note
- CCU123364 / PHS HHS; United States Department of Health & Human Services; United States Public Health Service
- Resource Type
- Letter/Communication
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000251941500019
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-39049143788
- Other Identifier
- 991021012815204721
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- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Immunology
- Infectious Diseases