“We're Going to Have to Cut Loose Some of Our Personal Beliefs”: Barriers and Opportunities in Providing HIV Prevention to African American Men who have Sex with Men and Women

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 521-532 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lena D. Saleh ◽  
Don Operario ◽  
Carla Dillard Smith ◽  
Emily Arnold ◽  
Susan Kegeles
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
African American Men ◽  
Personal Beliefs ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Barriers And Opportunities ◽  
Sex With Men

scholarly journals The Development of a Counseling-Based HIV Prevention Intervention for African American Men Who Have Sex With Men and Women: The Bruthas Project

2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 505-521 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily A. Arnold ◽  
Don Operario ◽  
Stephanie Cornwell ◽  
Michael Benjamin ◽  
Carla Dillard Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
African American Men ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Prevention Intervention ◽  
Hiv Prevention Intervention ◽  
Sex With Men

scholarly journals When Spreading HIV May Matter Most: The Unclassifiable Sexual Non-Identity Of Adolescent African American MSMW On Their Journey To Testing

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-116
Author(s):  
Deymon X. Fleming ◽  
James A. Johnson ◽  
Le’Roy Reese ◽  
Daniel E. Walker
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
African American ◽  
Sexual Identity ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
African American Men ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Female Partners ◽  
Down Low ◽  
Sex With Men ◽  
And Behavior

Recent studies have found that many young African American men who have sex with men and women (MSMW) do not identify as bisexual or non-heterosexual. The present study explored the mental journeys of twenty African American MSMW as they decided to undergo HIV testing. The rejection of sexual identity labels may contribute to the rising annual HIV infection rate among African American men who have sex with men (MSM) and MSMW. Furthermore, sexual identity ambivalence may lead to secretive sexual behavior and failure to disclose homosexual relations to female partners, behavior colloquially referred to as “down-low.” Greater understanding of the nuanced distinctions between sexual identity and behavior may help public health researchers address the needs of this racial and sexual minority that remains especially vulnerable to HIV/AIDS. 

Sexual Risk and Substance Use Behaviors Among African American Men Who Have Sex with Men and Women

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 576-583 ◽  
Author(s):  
Don Operario ◽  
Carla Dillard Smith ◽  
Emily Arnold ◽  
Susan Kegeles
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
African American ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
African American Men ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Sex With Men
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