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Health Issues Confronting Minority Men Who Have Sex with Men
Title:
Health Issues Confronting Minority Men Who Have Sex with Men
ISBN:
9780387745398
Edition:
1st ed. 2008.
Publication Information New:
New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Physical Description:
XIV, 260 p. 13 illus. online resource.
Contents:
Identities -- Defining Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) -- Sexual Abuse -- Childhood Sexual Abuse and its Sequelae Among Latino Gay and Bisexual Men -- Mental Illness And Substance Use -- Body Image Disturbance and its Related Disorders -- Substance Use among Minority Men who have Sex with Men -- Homelessness -- Homelessness among Substance-Using Minority Men who have Sex with Men -- "My Body and My Spirit Took Care of Me" -- HIV/AIDS -- National Trends in HIV Transmission Among Minority Men who have Sex with Men -- HIV/AIDS in Cleveland: A Case Study of One Community -- HIV, Multiple Minority Status, And Stigma -- Why Tell? Serostatus Disclosure and HIV Stigma among HIV Seropositive Asians and Pacific Islander Men who have Sex with Men in New York City -- Disclosure of HIV Status and Mental Health among Latino Men who have Sex with Men -- Building Community -- The Beyond Identities Community Center: A Community-Focused, Rights-Based Program to Address HIV/AIDS and Sexual Health Among Young Men Who have Sex with Men of Color in Cleveland, Ohio.
Abstract:
Despite the growing body of research on minority men who have sex with men (MSM), coverage has tended to center around HIV/AIDS. Health Issues Confronting Minority Men Who Have Sex with Men presents a fuller picture by focusing on infrequently-studied health/mental health concerns, exploring day-to-day struggles under double-minority conditions, and spotlighting the innovative efforts of professionals and advocates in addressing these issues. Reflecting a spectrum of MSM (gay, bisexual, transgender, situational, "questioning") and ethnic communities (African-American, Latino, Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American), editor Sana Loue brings together a panel of collaborators including researchers, practitioners, activists, and first-person perspectives from minority MSM, to give readers an especially nuanced understanding of this diverse population. Among the issues covered in this important volume: Other-definition versus self-definition. Substance use/abuse. Sexual abuse and its aftermath. Body image disorders. HIV, AIDS, and HIV-related stigma. Homelessness. The combined perspectives will give professionals and advanced students in public health, social workers, and other interested readers a window beyond risks and behaviors, and onto community building, individual resilience, and survival as well.
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Language:
English