Sociodemographic and Clinical Factors Associated With Increasing Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infection Diagnoses in Men Who Have Sex With Men Accessing Care at a Boston Community Health Center (2005–2015)
Author(s) -
Kenneth H. Mayer,
Kevin M. Maloney,
Kenneth Levine,
Dana King,
Chris Grasso,
Douglas Krakower,
Eli S. Rosenberg,
Stephen Boswell
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
open forum infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2328-8957
DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofx214
Subject(s) - medicine , chlamydia , men who have sex with men , medicaid , syphilis , gonorrhea , population , cohort , demography , health care , family medicine , gerontology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immunology , environmental health , sociology , economics , economic growth
Over the past decade, BSTI diagnosis rates increased in HIV-infected and uninfected MSM, with disproportionate increases in PrEP users, racial and ethnic minority MSM, those aged 25 to 34 years, and those without stable health insurance, warranting focused education, screening, and accessible services for these key subpopulations.
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