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Community Health and Preventive Medicine

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2015

Brooklyn

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Perceptions Of Hiv Risk And Explanations Of Sexual Risk Behavior Offered By Heterosexual Black Male Barbershop Patrons In Brooklyn, Ny, Tonya N. Taylor, Michael A. Joseph, Kirk D. Henny, Angelo R. Pinto, Francis Agbetor, Brignel Camilien, Kim M. Williams, Ruth C. Browne, Marilyn White, Yolene Gousse, Humberto Brown, Raekiela D. Taylor, Tracey E. Wilson Jan 2015

Perceptions Of Hiv Risk And Explanations Of Sexual Risk Behavior Offered By Heterosexual Black Male Barbershop Patrons In Brooklyn, Ny, Tonya N. Taylor, Michael A. Joseph, Kirk D. Henny, Angelo R. Pinto, Francis Agbetor, Brignel Camilien, Kim M. Williams, Ruth C. Browne, Marilyn White, Yolene Gousse, Humberto Brown, Raekiela D. Taylor, Tracey E. Wilson

Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice

Objective: To describe HIV risk factors among adult heterosexual Black men recruited from four barbershops located in high HIV seroprevalent neighborhoods of Brooklyn, NY.

Methods: Data on HIV-risk related behaviors and other characteristics were collected from barbershop clients. All participants (n=60) completed brief risk assessments; and a subset (n=22) also completed focus groups and/or individual interviews.

Results: Of the subset of 22 men, 68% were US born, 59% had been in jail/prison, 32% were unemployed; and during the 3 months before the interviews, 68% reported at least two partners and 45% reported unprotected vaginal or anal sex with …