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Non-parental Adults and Sexual Health Behaviors Among Young Minority Men: A Qualitative Examination

Young Black and Latino sexual minority men (YBLSM) exhibit disproportionately high rates of negative sexual health outcomes, including HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, compared to other groups, partly due to relatively higher rates of exposure to a host of socio-structural risk factors...

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Autores principales: Sterrett-Hong, Emma M., DeBow, Joseph, Caton, Erica, Harris, Matthew, Brewer, Russell, Roberts, Erin, Marchal, Madeline, Tauzer, Marjorie, Arnold, Emily A.
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8751617/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35027894
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.598120
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author Sterrett-Hong, Emma M.
DeBow, Joseph
Caton, Erica
Harris, Matthew
Brewer, Russell
Roberts, Erin
Marchal, Madeline
Tauzer, Marjorie
Arnold, Emily A.
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DeBow, Joseph
Caton, Erica
Harris, Matthew
Brewer, Russell
Roberts, Erin
Marchal, Madeline
Tauzer, Marjorie
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description Young Black and Latino sexual minority men (YBLSM) exhibit disproportionately high rates of negative sexual health outcomes, including HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, compared to other groups, partly due to relatively higher rates of exposure to a host of socio-structural risk factors (e.g., unstable housing and under-employment). However, an under-studied interpersonal resource exists for many YBLSM, non-parental adults (NPAs, i.e., adults who act as role models and provide social support), who may be able to influence contextual (e.g., unemployment) and individual (e.g., reduced health expectations) factors underlying sexual health disparities. Aims: This study sought to examine the role of NPAs in factors that affect sexual health behaviors and in supporting those health behaviors directly, among YBLSM living in a mid-sized city in the southern United States. A total of n=20 participants, n=10 YBLSM (ages 16 to 22), and n=10 NPAs (ages 26 to 52) were interviewed using semi-structured guides to examine NPA involvement in the lives of YBLSM from both sides of the relationship. The research team used a framework analysis approach to iteratively identify and define meaningful codes and sub-codes. Both YBLSM and NPAs described NPAs helping YBLSM through role modeling and social support in a variety of areas found to affect sexual health behaviors, such as housing instability and psychological distress, as well as in specific behaviors, such as condom use and HIV medication adherence. Given the multiple socio-structural obstacles facing YBLSM and their multifaceted relationships with NPAs, NPAs may be a promising resource to help address these impediments to health. Partnering more intentionally with NPAs is a potentially promising strategy to help reduce HIV-related disparities affecting YBLSM that is worthy of additional empirical attention.
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spelling pubmed-87516172022-01-12 Non-parental Adults and Sexual Health Behaviors Among Young Minority Men: A Qualitative Examination Sterrett-Hong, Emma M. DeBow, Joseph Caton, Erica Harris, Matthew Brewer, Russell Roberts, Erin Marchal, Madeline Tauzer, Marjorie Arnold, Emily A. Front Psychol Psychology Young Black and Latino sexual minority men (YBLSM) exhibit disproportionately high rates of negative sexual health outcomes, including HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, compared to other groups, partly due to relatively higher rates of exposure to a host of socio-structural risk factors (e.g., unstable housing and under-employment). However, an under-studied interpersonal resource exists for many YBLSM, non-parental adults (NPAs, i.e., adults who act as role models and provide social support), who may be able to influence contextual (e.g., unemployment) and individual (e.g., reduced health expectations) factors underlying sexual health disparities. Aims: This study sought to examine the role of NPAs in factors that affect sexual health behaviors and in supporting those health behaviors directly, among YBLSM living in a mid-sized city in the southern United States. A total of n=20 participants, n=10 YBLSM (ages 16 to 22), and n=10 NPAs (ages 26 to 52) were interviewed using semi-structured guides to examine NPA involvement in the lives of YBLSM from both sides of the relationship. The research team used a framework analysis approach to iteratively identify and define meaningful codes and sub-codes. Both YBLSM and NPAs described NPAs helping YBLSM through role modeling and social support in a variety of areas found to affect sexual health behaviors, such as housing instability and psychological distress, as well as in specific behaviors, such as condom use and HIV medication adherence. Given the multiple socio-structural obstacles facing YBLSM and their multifaceted relationships with NPAs, NPAs may be a promising resource to help address these impediments to health. Partnering more intentionally with NPAs is a potentially promising strategy to help reduce HIV-related disparities affecting YBLSM that is worthy of additional empirical attention. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-12-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8751617/ /pubmed/35027894 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.598120 Text en Copyright © 2021 Sterrett-Hong, DeBow, Caton, Harris, Brewer, Roberts, Marchal, Tauzer and Arnold. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Arnold, Emily A.
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