Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Medicine and Health Sciences Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Selected Works

Other Medical Specialties

2012

Articles 1 - 2 of 2

Full-Text Articles in Medicine and Health Sciences

Common Roots: A Contextual Review Of Hiv Epidemics In Black Men Who Have Sex With Men Across The African Diaspora, Gregorio A. Millett, William L. Jeffries 4h, John L. Peterson, David J. Malebranche, Tim Lane, Stephen A. Flores, Kevin A. Fenton, Patrick A. Wilson, Riley Steiner, Charles M. Heilig Jul 2012

Common Roots: A Contextual Review Of Hiv Epidemics In Black Men Who Have Sex With Men Across The African Diaspora, Gregorio A. Millett, William L. Jeffries 4h, John L. Peterson, David J. Malebranche, Tim Lane, Stephen A. Flores, Kevin A. Fenton, Patrick A. Wilson, Riley Steiner, Charles M. Heilig

David J Malebranche

Pooled estimates from across the African diaspora show that black men who have sex with men (MSM) are 15 times more likely to be HIV positive compared with general populations and 8·5 times more likely compared with black populations. Disparities in the prevalence of HIV infection are greater in African and Caribbean countries that criminalise homosexual activity than in those that do not criminalise such behaviour. With the exception of US and African epidemiological studies, most studies of black MSM mainly focus on outcomes associated with HIV behavioural risk rather than on prevalence, incidence, or undiagnosed infection. Nevertheless, black MSM …


Parents, Peers And Pornography: The Influence Of Formative Sexual Scripts On Adult Hiv Sexual Risk Behaviour Among Black Men In The Usa, Sophia A. Hussen, Lisa Bowleg, Thurka Sangaramoorthy, David J. Malebranche Dec 2011

Parents, Peers And Pornography: The Influence Of Formative Sexual Scripts On Adult Hiv Sexual Risk Behaviour Among Black Men In The Usa, Sophia A. Hussen, Lisa Bowleg, Thurka Sangaramoorthy, David J. Malebranche

David J Malebranche

Black men in the USA experience disproportionately high rates of HIV infection, particularly in the Southeastern part of the country. We conducted 90 qualitative in-depth interviews with Black men living in the state of Georgia and analysed the transcripts using Sexual Script Theory to: (1) characterise the sources and content of sexual scripts that Black men were exposed to during their childhood and adolescence and (2) describe the potential influence of formative scripts on adult HIV sexual risk behaviour. Our analyses highlighted salient sources of cultural scenarios (parents, peers, pornography, sexual education and television), interpersonal scripts (early sexplay, older female …