Open AccessLatent Profile Analysis of a Syndemic of Vulnerability Factors on Incident Sexually Transmitted Infection in a Cohort of Black Men Who Have Sex With Men Only and Black Men Who Have Sex With Men and Women in the HIV Prevention Trials Network 061 Study
Author(s) -
Typhanye V. Dyer,
Rodman Turpin,
Ron Stall,
Maria Khan,
LaRon E. Nelson,
Russell Brewer,
M. Reuel Friedman,
Matther J. Mimiaga,
Robert L. Cook,
Conall O’Cleirigh,
Kenneth H. Mayer
Publication year - 2020
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.0000000000001208
Subject(s) - syndemic , medicine , men who have sex with men , binge drinking , sex work , demography , public health , environmental health , poison control , syphilis , injury prevention , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immunology , nursing , sociology
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are important public health concerns among black men who have sex with men only (BMSMO), as well as those who have sex with both men and women (BMSMW). Sexually transmitted infections also increase risk of acquiring and HIV, which is also a critical concern. Compared with BMSMO, research shows that BMSMW experience elevated levels of HIV/STI vulnerability factors occurring at the intrapersonal, interpersonal, and social/structural levels. These factors may work independently, increasing one's risk of engaging in high-risk sexual behaviors, but often work in a synergistic and reinforcing manner. The synergism and reinforcement of any combination of these factors are known as a syndemic, which increases HIV/STI risk.