Social Context, Sexual Networks, and Racial Disparities in Rates of Sexually Transmitted Infections | Zendy

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Social Context, Sexual Networks, and Racial Disparities in Rates of Sexually Transmitted Infections

Author(s) -

Adaora A. Adimora,

Victor J. Schoenbach

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

the journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69

H-Index - 252

eISSN - 1537-6613

pISSN - 0022-1899

DOI - 10.1086/425280

Subject(s) - social epidemiology , context (archaeology) , socioeconomic status , public health , epidemiology , health equity , social determinants of health , poverty , population , reproductive health , social environment , demography , sexual transmission , environmental health , medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , political science , sociology , geography , immunology , nursing , archaeology , microbicide , law

Social context (demographic, socioeconomic, macroeconomic, and sociopolitical features of the environment) influences the epidemiology and consequences of individual behaviors that affect health outcomes. This article examines the role of social context in heterosexual networks that facilitate the spread of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), particularly in relation to persistent racial disparities in rates of STIs in the United States.

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