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ArticlePloS one2015

"You're Really Gonna Kick Us All Out?" Sustaining Safe Spaces for Community-Based HIV Prevention and Control among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men.

Jonathan Garcia, Caroline Parker, Richard G Parker, Patrick A Wilson, Morgan M Philbin, Jennifer S Hirsch

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Article in PloS one, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Jonathan GarciaSchool of Biological and Population Health Sciences, College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States.
Caroline ParkerDepartment of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States.
Richard G ParkerDepartment of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States.
Patrick A WilsonDepartment of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States.
Morgan M PhilbinHIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York, United States.
Jennifer S HirschDepartment of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States.

Funding

The Statistics, Data Science, and Data Management (SDM) CoreP30MH043520 · NIMH · NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE DBA RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HYGIENE, INC · PI MILTON L WAINBERG · 2003 to 2026
$48.2M
INSPIRE : Interdisciplinary Social and Behavioral Science Prevention and Intervention REsearch in HIVT32MH019139 · NIMH · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI Claude Ann Mellins, Jae M. Sevelius · 1989 to 2026
$10.8M
Development CoreP2CHD058486 · NICHD · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI Jennifer S Hirsch, Julien O Teitler · 2014 to 2026
$4.3M
PrEP for Black MSM: Community-Based Ethnography and Clinic-Based TreatmentR01MH098723 · NIMH · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI COLSON, PAUL W, HIRSCH, JENNIFER S · 2012 to 2016
$3.0M
NICHD NIH HHS P2C HD058486NIMHD NIH HHS L60 MD009069NIMH NIH HHS P30 MH043520NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH098723NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH019139
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Black men who have sex with men (BMSM) experience among the highest rates of HIV infection in the United States. We conducted a community-based ethnography in New York City to identify the structural and environmental factors that influence BMSMs vulnerability to HIV and their engagement with HIV prevention services. Methods included participant observation at community-based organizations (CBOs) in New York City, in-depth interviews with 31 BMSM, and 17 key informant interviews. Our conceptual framework shows how creating and sustaining safe spaces could be a critical environmental approach to reduce vulnerability to HIV among BMSM. Participant observation, in-depth and key informant interviews revealed that fear and mistrust characterized men's relation to social and public institutions, such as churches, schools, and the police. This fear and mistrust created HIV vulnerability among the BMSM in our sample by challenging engagement with services. Our findings suggest that to be successful, HIV prevention efforts must address these structural and environmental vulnerabilities. Among the CBOs that we studied, "safe spaces" emerged as an important tool for addressing these environmental vulnerabilities. CBOs used safe spaces to provide social support, to address stigma, to prepare men for the workforce, and to foster a sense of community among BMSM. In addition, safe spaces were used for HIV and STI testing and treatment campaigns. Our ethnographic findings suggest that safe spaces represent a promising but so far under-utilized part of HIV prevention infrastructure. Safe spaces seem integral to high impact comprehensive HIV prevention efforts, and may be considered more appropriately as part of HIV capacity-building rather than being nested within program-specific funding structures.

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Health PromotionAdolescentAdultAttitude to HealthBlack or African AmericanCommunity Health ServicesHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHIV-1HIV InfectionsHomosexuality, MaleHumansMaleNew York CityRisk-TakingSocial FacilitationSocial Stigma

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PMID26492412
PMCPMC4619623

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