ArticleHealth education journal2015
Racial/Ethnic Difference in HIV-related Knowledge among Young Men who have Sex with Men and their Association with Condom Errors.
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- Explaining inequity in knowledge, attitude, and services related to HIV/AIDS: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
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- African-American sexual minority adolescents and sexual health disparities: An exploratory cross-sectional study.Journal of the National Medical Association · 2019Article
- Reducing HIV Vulnerability Through a Multilevel Life Skills Intervention for Adolescent Men (The iREACH Project): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2018Article
- Limited awareness of pre-exposure prophylaxis among black men who have sex with men and transgender women in New York city.AIDS care · 2018Article
- Evaluating HIV Knowledge Questionnaires Among Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Multi-Study Item Response Theory Analysis.Archives of sexual behavior · 2018Article
- Knowledge about HIV in a Community Sample of Urban African Americans in the South.Journal of AIDS & clinical research · 2016Article
- HIV Infection Rates and Risk Behavior among Young Men undergoing community-based Testing in San Diego.Scientific reports · 2016Article
- Study Evaluating Self-Collected Specimen Return for HIV, Bacterial STI, and Potential Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Adherence Testing Among Sexual Minority Men in the United States.American journal of men's healthArticle
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objectiveHIV disproportionately affects young men who have sex with men, and knowledge about HIV transmission is one factor that may play a role in high rate of infections for this population. This study examined racial/ethnic differences in HIV knowledge among young men who have sex with men in the USA and its correlation to condom usage errors.
designParticipants included an ethnically diverse sample of 344 young men who have sex with men screened from an ongoing longitudinal cohort study. Eligible participants were between the ages of 16 and 20 years, born male, and had previously had at least one sexual encounter with a man and/or identify as gay or bisexual. This analysis is based on cross-sectional data collected at the baseline interview using computer assisted self-interviewing (CASI) software.
settingChicago, IL, USA.
methodWe utilised descriptive and inferential statistics, including ANOVA and Tukey's Post hoc analysis to assess differences in HIV knowledge by level of education and race/ethnicity, and negative binomial regression to determine if HIV knowledge was associated with condom errors while controlling for age, education and race/ethnicity.
resultsThe study found that Black men who have sex with men scored significantly lower (average score=67%; p<.05) than their White counterparts (average score=83%) on a measure of HIV knowledge (mean difference=16.1%, p<.001). Participants with less than a high school diploma and those with a high school diploma/GED only had lower knowledge scores, on average (66.4%, 69.9%, respectively) than participants who had obtained post-high school education (78.1%; mean difference=11.7%, 8.2% respectively, ps<.05). In addition, controlling for age, race and level of education, higher HIV knowledge scores were associated with fewer condom errors (Exp
conclusionThese findings stress the need to for increased attention to HIV transmission-related educational activities targeting the social realities and unique risk mechanisms of young men who have sex with men.
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