Missed Opportunities for HIV Testing in Health Care Settings Among Young African American Men Who Have Sex with Men: Implications for the HIV Epidemic

2011 ◽  
Vol 25 (11) ◽  
pp. 657-664 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina G. Dorell ◽  
Madeline Y. Sutton ◽  
Alexandra M. Oster ◽  
Felicia Hardnett ◽  
Peter E. Thomas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
African American ◽  
Hiv Testing ◽  
African American Men ◽  
Missed Opportunities ◽  
Health Care Settings ◽  
Hiv Epidemic ◽  
Sex With Men

scholarly journals Lessons Learned From Use of Social Network Strategy in HIV Testing Programs Targeting African American Men Who Have Sex With Men

2013 ◽  
Vol 103 (10) ◽  
pp. 1851-1856 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna H. McCree ◽  
Gregorio Millett ◽  
Chanza Baytop ◽  
Scott Royal ◽  
Jonathan Ellen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Hiv Testing ◽  
African American Men ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Sex With Men

Influences on HIV testing among young African-American men who have sex with men and the moderating effect of the geographic setting

2003 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew J. Mashburn ◽  
John L. Peterson ◽  
Roger Bakeman ◽  
Robin L. Miller ◽  
Leslie F. Clark ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Hiv Testing ◽  
African American Men ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Geographic Setting ◽  
Sex With Men

Evaluation of the Relative Effectiveness of Three HIV Testing Strategies Targeting African American Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in New York City

2011 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 361-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Perry N. Halkitis ◽  
Sandra A. Kupprat ◽  
Donna Hubbard McCree ◽  
Sara M. Simons ◽  
Raynal Jabouin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
African American ◽  
Hiv Testing ◽  
York City ◽  
African American Men ◽  
Relative Effectiveness ◽  
Testing Strategies ◽  
Sex With Men

Trends in the HIV Epidemic Among African American Men Who Have Sex with Men, San Francisco, 2004–2011

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (12) ◽  
pp. 2311-2316 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Fuqua ◽  
H. Scott ◽  
S. Scheer ◽  
J. Hecht ◽  
J. M. Snowden ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
African American Men ◽  
Hiv Epidemic ◽  
Sex With Men

scholarly journals Word on the Street

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 377-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elinor R. Schoenfeld ◽  
Linda E. Francis
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Health Care ◽  
African American ◽  
Cancer Care ◽  
Cancer Education ◽  
African American Men ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Cancer Information ◽  
Cancer Knowledge ◽  
African American Communities

African American men face the highest rates of prostate cancer, yet with no consensus for screening and treatment, making informed health care decisions is difficult. This study aimed to identify approaches to empowering African American men as proactive participants in prostate cancer decision making using an established community–campus partnership employing elements of community-based participatory research methods. Community stakeholders with an interest in, and knowledge about, health care in two local African American communities were recruited and completed key informant interviews ( N = 39). Grounded theory coding identified common themes related to prostate cancer knowledge, beliefs, attitudes, and responses to them. Common barriers such as gender roles, fear, and fatalism were identified as barriers to work-up and treatment, and both communities’ inadequate and inaccurate prostate cancer information described as the key problem. To build on community strengths, participants said the change must come from inside these communities, not be imposed from the outside. To accomplish this, they suggested reaching men through women, connecting men to doctors they can trust, making men’s cancer education part of broader health education initiatives designed as fun and inexpensive family entertainment events, and having churches bring community members in to speak on their experiences with cancer. This study demonstrated the success of community engagement to identify not only barriers but also local strengths and facilitators to prostate cancer care in two suburban/rural African American communities. Building collaboratively on community strengths may improve prostate cancer care specifically and health care in general.

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