Open AccessThe Association Between Racial Disparity in Income and Reported Sexually Transmitted Infections
Author(s) -
Kwame Owusu-Edusei,
Harrell W. Chesson,
Jami S. Leichliter,
Charlotte Kent,
Sevgi O. Aral
Publication year - 2013
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.2012.301015
Subject(s) - gonorrhea , demography , chlamydia , race (biology) , medicine , syphilis , health equity , confounding , gerontology , public health , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , sociology , immunology , nursing , pathology , gender studies
We examined the association between racial disparity in income and reported race-specific county-level bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the United States focusing on disparities between Blacks and Whites.