Open AccessPredictors of Risky Sexual Behavior Among Young African American Men Who Have Sex With Men
Author(s) -
Trevor Hart,
John L. Peterson
Publication year - 2004
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.94.7.1122
Subject(s) - anal intercourse , psychological intervention , sexual intercourse , demography , sexual behavior , anal sex , quarter (canadian coin) , psychology , african american , peer group , developed country , medicine , population , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , condom , men who have sex with men , psychiatry , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , family medicine , ethnology , archaeology , syphilis , sociology , history
This study examined the prevalence and correlates of unprotected anal intercourse among 758 young African American men who have sex with men. A quarter of the sample reported unprotected anal intercourse in the past 3 months; nonsupportive peer norms and not carrying condoms predicted risky sexual behavior. Effective interventions are needed that promote the use of condoms by changing peer norms and encouraging carrying condoms.