Strategies to prevent HIV transmission among heterosexual African-American men

Abstract

Background: As part of qualitative research for developing a culturally sensitive and developmentally appropriate videotape-based HIV prevention intervention for heterosexual African-American men, six focus groups were conducted with thirty African-American men to determine their perceptions of AIDS as a threat to the African-American community, characteristics of past situations that have placed African Americans at risk for HIV infection, their personal high risk behaviors, and suggestions on how HIV intervention videotapes could be produced to achieve maximum levels of interest among African-American men in HIV training programs.

Social Factors Related to Risk for Violence and Sexually Transmitted Infections/HIV Among Asian Massage Parlor Workers in San Francisco

“…Hence, the need to conceptualize the roles of gender and ethnicity as determinants of HIV infection has become a crucial task for the scientific community (Amaro and Raj, 2000;Pulerwitz et al, 2000;Wingood and DiClemente, 1996;Wyatt, 1997). Several studies have explored HIV risk, gender, and ethnicity for African American and Latina women (Essien et al, 2002;Weeks et al, 1995). However, relatively few studies have examined these issues for Asian women, even though Asian and Pacific Islander populations are one of the fastest growing ethnic minorities in the nation (US Census Bureau, 2004).…”

Human Immunodeficiency Virus Transmission

“…The Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC, 2007) reported the prevalence rate among heterosexual African American (AA) women and men with data indicating that more heterosexual AA women having a 74% HIV/AIDS prevalence as compared to the 27% in their male counterpart. Myths and misperceptions of HIV/AIDS such as HIV being a genocide, suspicion of government information, belief that it is possible to identify risky partners by odour and appearance, belief that partners reported histories are accurate, misperceptions about the meaning of safe sex and the believe that specific classes of people (not one self) are at risk of HIV that resulted from sexual risk contributes to the risky behaviours of HIV transmission (Essien et al,2002;Catania et al,1994;Smith et al, 2000;Coleman et al, 2010;Coleman and Ball, 2007;Coleman, 2007). The increase in the number of sexual partners also increases HIV transmission (Stranford, 1999;Coleman, 2007;Catania et al, 1994;Smith et al, 2000;Coleman et al, 2010;Coleman and Ball, 2007) with most under the influence of alcohol or drugs.…”

Sexual Risk Intervention In Multiethnic Drug And Alcohol Users

“…Alcohol and drugs are significant barriers to effective communication, and the effects of drug and alcohol use on sexual risk behavior and HIV transmission have been well documented in the US [11][12][13][14][15][16][17] and Sub-Saharan Africa [18][19][20][21][22][23][24]. The physiological effects of alcohol and drugs are barriers to condom negotiation [21] and may exacerbate the perception of implied infidelity by the promoter of condom use or their partner [24], resulting in domestic violence [19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26].…”