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June 2009, Vol 99, No. 6 | American Journal of Public Health 976-980
© 2009 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.143214

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HIV Prevention for Black Men Who Have Sex With Men in the United States

John L. Peterson, PhD and Kenneth T. Jones, MPH

John L. Peterson is with the Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta. Kenneth T. Jones is with the Behavioral Intervention Research Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to John L. Peterson, Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, P.O. Box 5010, Atlanta, GA 30302-5010 (e-mail: jpeterson{at}gsu.edu).

The HIV/AIDS epidemic has exacted a devastating toll upon Black men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United States, and there is a tremendous need to escalate HIV-prevention efforts for this population.

The social context in which Black MSM experience the impact of racism and heterosexism strongly affects their risk for HIV infection; thus, HIV-prevention research focused on Black MSM should focus on contextual and structural factors. There is a pronounced lack of community-level HIV-intervention research for Black MSM, but effective preliminary strategies involve adapting existing effective models and tailoring them to the needs of Black MSM.

Future research should develop new, innovative approaches, especially structural interventions, that are specifically targeted toward HIV prevention among Black MSM.




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