title: Public health policy and gay bathhouses.
abstract: Public health policy on bathhouses has been limited and poorly documented. This volume is intended to expand policy-makers' and prevention-professionals' knowledge and awareness about gay bathhouses. The present paper provides a context and an overview for the volume by describing the bathhouse environment and how it differs from other public sex environments, and by describing public policies that have been implemented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California San Francisco, 74 New Montgomery Street, Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA. bwoods@psg.ucsf.edu
authors.forename: William J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Woods
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Binson
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D006291:Health Policy; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017149:Private Sector; D011633:Public Facilities; D011634:Public Health; D012309:Risk-Taking; D021841:Safe Sex; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D014481:United States