title: HIV Prevention Among Diverse Young MSM: Research Needs, Priorities, and Opportunities.
abstract: There remains a profound need for innovative and effective interventions designed for young men who have sex with men (YMSM) generally, and racial and ethnic minority YMSM, YMSM living in rural communities, and low-income YMSM, particularly, to prevent HIV and improve health outcomes in the United States. This introduction to this theme issue, "Behavioral HIV Prevention Interventions for Diverse YMSM," of AIDS Education and Prevention identifies some of the research needs, priorities, and opportunities that emerged during a seminal NIMHD-sponsored workshop on HIV prevention behavioral interventions for diverse YMSM. It provides researchers, practitioners, and federal partners guidance in next steps to reduce the impact of the HIV epidemic among YMSM. The needs, priorities, and opportunities identified serve as a foundation to push both the science and the practice of HIV prevention forward. We recognize that considerably more research is needed, and this issue highlights intervention research-where we have been and where we should go. With the disparities faced by YMSM, we must act rapidly to do the work it will take to meet their prevention needs, reduce infections, and save lives.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy; Section of Infectious Diseases; The Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity; and The Clinical and Translational Institute, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Scott D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Rhodes
authors.affiliation: Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Frank Y
authors.initials: FY
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005006:Ethnicity; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006266:Health Education; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008913:Minority Groups; D020380:Needs Assessment; D012747:Sexual Partners; D014481:United States