Open AccessRacial Residential Segregation and Rates of Gonorrhea in the United States, 2003–2007
Author(s) -
Katie B. Biello,
Trace Kershaw,
Robert Nelson,
Matthew Hogben,
Jeannette R. Ickovics,
Linda M. Niccolai
Publication year - 2012
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.2011.300516
Subject(s) - gonorrhea , demography , metropolitan area , psychological intervention , medicine , environmental health , gerontology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , sociology , family medicine , pathology , psychiatry
In the United States, Black persons are disproportionately affected by sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including gonorrhea. Individual behaviors do not fully explain these racial disparities. We explored the association of racial residential segregation with gonorrhea rates among Black persons and hypothesized that specific dimensions of segregation would be associated with gonorrhea rates.