Reframing the context of preventive health care services and prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections for young men: New opportunities to reduce racial/ethnic sexual health disparities

Y. Lanier and M.Y. Sutton

American Journal of Public Health, 2013, vol. 103, issue 2, 262-269

Abstract: Young Black males, aged 13 to 29 years, have the highest annual rates of HIV infections in the United States. Young Black men who have sex with men (MSM) are the only subgroup with significant increases in HIV incident infections in recent years. Black men, particularly MSM, are also disproportionately affected by other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Therefore, we must strengthen HIV and STI prevention opportunities during routine, preventive health care visits and at other, nontraditional venues accessed by young men of color, with inclusive, nonjudgmental approaches. The Affordable Care Act and National HIV/AIDS Strategy present new opportunities to reframe and strengthen sexual health promotion and HIV and STI prevention efforts with young men of color. Copyright © 2012 by the American Public Health Association®.

Keywords: adolescent; adult; article; ethnic group; ethnology; female; health care delivery; health care policy; health disparity; health promotion; homosexuality; human; Human immunodeficiency virus infection; male; methodology; Negro; preventive health service; race; reproductive health; sexually transmitted disease; standard; United States, Adolescent; Adult; African Continental Ancestry Group; Continental Population Groups; Ethnic Groups; Female; Health Promotion; Health Services Accessibility; Health Status Disparities; HIV Infections; Homosexuality, Male; Humans; Male; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Preventive Health Services; Reproductive Health; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; United States; Young Adult (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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