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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
A study of perceived racial discrimination in black men who have sex with men (MSM) and its association with healthcare utilization and HIV testing
AIDS and Behavior, Volume 18, No. 7, Year 2014
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Description
In HPTN 061, a study of Black men who have sex with men (MSM), we evaluated the association of healthcare-specific racial discrimination with healthcare utilization and HIV testing among 1167 HIV-negative participants. Median age was 38 years, 41 % were uninsured, and 38 % had an annual household income <10,000. Overall, 19 % reported healthcare-specific racial discrimination directed toward family, friend, or self; 61 % saw a healthcare provider in the previous 6 months and 81 % HIV tested within the past year. Healthcare-specific racial discrimination was positively associated with seeing a provider [adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 1.4 (1.0, 2.0)] and HIV testing [AOR = 1.6 (1.1, 2.4)] suggesting that barriers other than racial discrimination may be driving health disparities related to access to medical care and HIV testing among Black MSM. These results contrast with previous studies, possibly due to measurement or cohort differences, strategies to overcome discrimination, or because of greater exposure to healthcare. © 2014 Springer Science+Business Media New York.
Authors & Co-Authors
Irvin, Risha R.
United States, Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
United States, San Francisco
San Francisco Department of Public Health
Wilton, Leo
United States, Binghamton
Binghamton University State University of new York
Scott, Hyman M.
United States, San Francisco
San Francisco Department of Public Health
United States, San Francisco
University of California, San Francisco
Beauchamp, Geetha G.
United States, Seattle
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Wang, Lei
United States, Seattle
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Betancourt, Joseph R.
United States, Boston
Harvard Medical School
Buchbinder, Susan P.
United States, San Francisco
San Francisco Department of Public Health
United States, San Francisco
University of California, San Francisco
Statistics
Citations: 72
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 8
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s10461-014-0734-y
ISSN:
10907165
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Infectious Diseases
Study Design
Cohort Study
Case-Control Study
Participants Gender
Male