The importance of distinguishing between black Caribbeans and Africans in understanding sexual risk and care-seeking behaviours for sexually transmitted infections: evidence from a large survey of people attending genitourinary medicine clinics in England | Zendy

Makeda Gerressu | Zendy; Catherine H Mercer | Zendy; Jackie Cassell | Zendy; Gary Brook | Zendy; S S Dave | Zendy

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The importance of distinguishing between black Caribbeans and Africans in understanding sexual risk and care-seeking behaviours for sexually transmitted infections: evidence from a large survey of people attending genitourinary medicine clinics in England

Author(s) -

Makeda Gerressu,

Catherine H Mercer,

Jackie Cassell,

Gary Brook,

S S Dave

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fds007

Subject(s) - medicine , ethnic group , attendance , demography , epidemiology , afro caribbean , family medicine , men who have sex with men , genitourinary medicine , public health , black male , gerontology , negroid , white (mutation) , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , gender studies , nursing , anthropology , law , economic growth , sociology , political science , economics , cancer , chemistry , cervical cancer , human papilloma virus , biochemistry , syphilis , gene

In the UK, black Caribbean and African populations experience disproportionately high rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV. Often studies do not differentiate between these populations notwithstanding differences in STI epidemiology and sociodemographics.

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