title: HIV prevalence and associated risk behaviors in New York City's house ball community.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We measured HIV seroprevalence and associated risk factors among persons in New York City's house ball community.
  
  
  METHODS
  In 2004 we conducted a venue-based risk-behavior survey and HIV testing in the house ball community.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 504 study participants, 67% were male, 14% female, and 18% transgender. Mean age was 24 years (range=15-52 years); 55% were Black, and 40% were Latino. More than 85% of participants had previously been tested for HIV, although only 60% had been tested in the previous 12 months. Of the 84 (17%) persons who tested positive for HIV in our study, 61 (73%) were unaware of their HIV status. A logistic regression analysis on data from 371 participants who had had a male sexual partner in the previous 12 months showed that HIV-infected participants were more likely than were HIV-negative participants to be Black, to be older than 29 years, and not to have been tested for HIV in the previous 12 months.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Culturally specific community-level prevention efforts are warranted to reduce risk behaviors and increase the frequency of HIV testing in New York City's house ball community.
authors.affiliation: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 346 Broadway, Room 701, New York, NY 10013, USA. cmurrill@health.nyc.gov
authors.forename: Christopher S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Murrill
authors.forename: Kai-Lih
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Guilin
authors.forename: Edgar Rivera
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Colón
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dean
authors.forename: Lisa A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Buckley
authors.forename: Travis
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sanchez
authors.forename: Teresa J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Finlayson
authors.forename: Lucia V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Torian
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009519:New York City / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012309:Risk-Taking; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires