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Prevalence and Correlates of Sexual Violence Experienced by Young Adult Black Men Who Have Sex with Men
Men who have sex with men (MSM) experience high prevalence of sexual violence (SV), and SV has well-documented effects on health. Research gaps are especially evident for young Black MSM (YBMSM), who experienc...
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A Person-Centered Approach to HIV-Related Protective and Risk Factors for Young Black Men Who Have Sex with Men: Implications for Pre-exposure Prophylaxis and HIV Treatment as Prevention
Although young Black men who have sex with men (YBMSM) are disproportionately affected by HIV, they may be more heterogeneous as a group than is typically appreciated. Thus, the present study used a person-cen...
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Effect of a Community-Level HIV Prevention Intervention on Psychosocial Determinants of HIV Risk Behaviors among Young Black Men Who Have Sex with Men (YBMSM)
In contrast to intervention studies that assess psychosocial factors only as mediators or moderators of HIV risk, the present study assessed the effects of an Mpowerment-based community-level intervention on p...
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Differences in African American and White Women’s Attitudes Toward Lesbians and Gay Men
The aim of the present study was to examine racial differences in women’s attitudes toward lesbians and gay men and to offer an understanding of these differences. Participants were 224 18–30 year old heterose...
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HIV Sexual Risk Behavior by Men Who use the Internet to Seek Sex with Men: Results of the Men’s INTernet Sex Study-II (MINTS-II)
This study sought to identify the magnitude of HIV risk in a diverse sample of Men who use the Internet to seek Sex with Men (MISM), and test if specific subpopulations are at sufficiently increased risk to wa...
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HIV/AIDS Prevention Research Among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men: Current Progress and Future Directions
The social demography of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic among Black men in the United States has changed over the last two decades. Black men who have sex with men (MSM) now account for the la...
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Original Research: Racial/Ethnic Patterns of HIV Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Young Men Who Have Sex with Men
Objectives: Not enough is known about the HIV high-risk sexual behaviors of young men who have sex with men (YMSM), and this is especially the case among ethnic minorities. This study examined racial/ethnic diff...
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HIV Prevention among African-American and Latino Men Who Have Sex with Men
Public health data indicate that the incidence of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) among racial and ethnic minority men who have sex with men (MSM) has been disproportionately high among African-Ameri...
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Case Report: Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia Following Prolonged Treatment of Crohn's Disease with 6-Mercaptopurine
malignant cells revealed chromosome 7abnormalities, which are highly correlated with priorexposure to chemotherapy. Azathioprine and itsmetabolite 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP) have awell-established role in the tre...
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Introduction to the Special Issue: HIV/AIDS Prevention Through Community Psychology
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Stress, co**, HIV status, psychosocial resources, and depressive mood in African American gay, bisexual, and heterosexual men
The associations between stress, physical health, psychosocial resources, co**, and depressive mood were examined in a community sample of African American gay, bisexual, and heterosexual men (N=139). Data were...
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Lessons Learned from Behavioral Interventions
Since behavior change remains the only means available for the primary prevention of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), behavioral interventions are critically needed to alter the course of the HIV/acquired i...
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Changing HIV/AIDS Risk Behaviors
In just over a decade, the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) has become the most serious infectious disease in contemporary history. Since 1981, more than a quarter of a million individuals have been d...
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HIV Prevention for Gay and Bisexual Men in Metropolitan Cities
The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemic continues to exert a profound toll on urban gay men. As of the end of 1992, more than 150,000 cases of AIDS had been reported in the United States among m...
