Open AccessHIV Health Center Affiliation Networks of Black Men Who Have Sex With Men
Author(s) -
John A. Schneider,
Tim Walsh,
Benjamin Cornwell,
David Ostrow,
Stuart Michaels,
Edward O. Laumann
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0b013e3182515cee
Subject(s) - medicine , men who have sex with men , demography , public health , environmental health , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , family medicine , nursing , syphilis , sociology
In the United States, black men who have sex with men (BMSM) are at highest risk for HIV infection and are at high risk for limited health service utilization. We describe HIV health center (HHC) affiliation network patterns and their potential determinants among urban BMSM.