Category Archives: Men who have sex with men
Running backwards: Consequences of current HIV incidence rates for the next generation of Black MSM in the United States
Black men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United States are disproportionately impacted by HIV. To better understand this public health problem, we reviewed the literature to calculate...
Your blues ain’t like mine: Considering integrative antiracism in HIV prevention research with black men who have sex with men in Canada and the United States
Evidence-based interventions have been developed and used to prevent HIV infections among black men who have sex with men (MSM) in Canada and the United States; however, the degree to...
Contributions of qualitative research in informing HIV/AIDS interventions targeting black MSM in the United States
This article presents a systematic review of qualitative studies focusing on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) among Black men who have sex with men (BMSM)...
Syndemics of psychosocial problems and HIV risk: A systematic review of empirical tests of the disease interaction concept
In the theory of syndemics, diseases co-occur in particular temporal or geographical contexts due to harmful social conditions (disease concentration) and interact at the level of populations and individuals, with...
HIV and human herpesvirus 8 co-infection across the globe: Systematic review and meta-analysis
HIV-infection is an important risk factor for developing Kaposi sarcoma (KS), but it is unclear whether HIV-positive persons are also at increased risk of co-infection with human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8),...
Meta-analysis of the relationship between HIV infection and risk for depressive disorders
Objective: Each of 10 published studies investigating the relationship between HIV infection and risk for depressive disorders concluded that HIV-positive individuais are at no greater risk for depression than comparable...
Are HIV epidemics among men who have sex with men emerging in the Middle East and North Africa?: A systematic review and data synthesis
BACKGROUND: Men who have sex with men (MSM) bear a disproportionately higher burden of HIV infection than the general population. MSM in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are...
