Open AccessCondom Use and Hip Hop Culture: The Case of Urban Young Men in New York City
Author(s) -
Miguel MuñozLaboy,
Daniel Hernando Cristobal Gonzalez Castellanos,
Chanel S. Haliburton,
Ernesto Vásquez del Aguila,
Hannah Weinstein,
Richard Parker
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2007.119198
Subject(s) - condom , medicine , demography , gerontology , environmental health , family medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , sociology , syphilis
We explored how young men's perceptions of and participation in hip hop culture--urban social and artistic expressions, such as clothing style, breakdancing, graffiti, and rap music--and how contextual factors of the hip hop scene may be associated with their condom use, condom-use self-efficacy, and sense of community.