title: Reframing the context of preventive health care services and prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections for young men: new opportunities to reduce racial/ethnic sexual health disparities.
abstract: Young Black males, aged 13 to 29 years, have the highest annual rates of HIV infections in the United States. Young Black men who have sex with men (MSM) are the only subgroup with significant increases in HIV incident infections in recent years. Black men, particularly MSM, are also disproportionately affected by other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Therefore, we must strengthen HIV and STI prevention opportunities during routine, preventive health care visits and at other, nontraditional venues accessed by young men of color, with inclusive, nonjudgmental approaches. The Affordable Care Act and National HIV/AIDS Strategy present new opportunities to reframe and strengthen sexual health promotion and HIV and STI prevention efforts with young men of color.
authors.affiliation: Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
authors.forename: Yzette
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lanier
authors.forename: Madeline Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Sutton
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D044383:Black People; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D044469:Racial Groups; D060728:Reproductive Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult; D001741:Black or African American