Try out PMC Labs and tell us what you think. Learn More. Like overprotective parents whose short-term precautions have the unintended long-term consequence of depriving their children of the opportunity to develop skills necessary to be independent adults, IRBs are complicit in the creation of health inequities when their disapproval of studies systematically prevent some communities from having the opportunity to receive the benefits of research. When health inequities are produced, even in part, by scientific inequities created through a system chartered to protect human well-being, the imbalance must be called to account.
Increased risk for HIV among gay, bisexual adolescent males
Increased risk for HIV among gay, bisexual adolescent males
HIV continues to be a major public health crisis both in the United States and around the world. While major scientific advances have made it easier than ever to prevent and treat HIV, there remains no vaccine or cure, and tens of thousands of people continue to contract HIV every year. Insufficient funding for public health programs, ideological opposition to common sense prevention policies, and societal barriers like stigma and discrimination, have made it especially difficult for us to turn the tide against the epidemic. According to the U. If current diagnosis rates continue , 1 in 6 gay and bisexual men will be diagnosed with HIV in their lifetime. For Latino and Black men who have sex with men, the rates are in 1 in 4 and 1 in 2, respectively.
Comparison of HIV Risks among Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Heterosexual Homeless Youth
Less than 1 in 4 teenage boys considered at-risk ever received an HIV test in a recent study. Among the general US population , an estimated In the to year-old age group, that estimate rises to The investigators of a new study, published in Pediatrics have uncovered concerningly low rates of HIV testing among gay and bisexual teenage boys.






New research suggests there are no significant differences in several HIV-related risk behaviors among heterosexual, gay and bisexual adolescent males in the United States. The study is the first nationally representative look at HIV-related risk behaviors among gay, bisexual and heterosexual male students in ninth through 12th grades. Proportions were similar among all groups who answered questions about several behaviors, including whether they ever had sexual intercourse, are currently sexually active, had sexual intercourse with four or more partners, and used a condom the last time they had sex. The gay and bisexual male study population had a fold increased risk for contracting HIV compared with heterosexual young men due to the prevalence of infection in their male sex partners.
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