Condom use and hip hop culture: The case of urban young men in New York City

M.A. Muñoz-Laboy, D.H. Castellanos, C.S. Haliburton, E.V. Del Aguila, H.J. Weinstein and R.G. Parker

American Journal of Public Health, 2008, vol. 98, issue 6, 1081-1085

Abstract: Objectives. We explored how young men's perceptions of and participation in hip hop culture - urban social and artistic expressions, such as clothing style, breakdancing, graffiti, and rap music - and how contextual factors of the hip hop scene may be associated with their condom use, condom-use self-efficacy, and sense of community. Methods. We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 95 African American and Latino men aged 15 to 25 years as part of a 4-year ethnographic study in New York City. Results. Differences in young men's perceptions of and levels of affiliation with hip hop culture were not statistically associated with differences in their sense of community or condom-use self-efficacy. Frequency of participation in the hip hop nightclub scene was the strongest factor negatively associated with condom use. Conclusions. Popular discourses on young men's health risks often blame youths' cultures such as the hip hop culture for increased risk practices but do not critically examine how risk emerges in urban young men's lives and what aspects of youths' culture can be protective. Further research needs to focus on contextual factors of risk such as the role of hip hop nightlife on increased HIV risk.

Date: 2008
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