The racial disparities in STI in the U.S.: Concurrency, STI prevalence, and heterogeneity in partner selection

Highlights • STIs are more prevalent among Blacks than Whites. • Differences in individual-level risk behaviors do not explain the disparity. • Partner concurrency and assortative mixing are significantly associated with STI. • Differences in network structure may account for part of the racial disp...

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Published inEpidemics Vol. 11; no. C; pp. 56 - 61
Main Authors Hamilton, Deven T, Morris, Martina
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.06.2015
Elsevier
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Concurrency
Continental Population Groups - statistics & numerical data
Female
Humans
Infectious Disease
Internal Medicine
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Prevalence
Race
Risk Factors
Sexual networks
Sexual Partners
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - epidemiology
United States - epidemiology
Unsafe Sex - statistics & numerical data
Young Adult
United States
Sexual networks
Concurrency
Race
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Summary:Highlights • STIs are more prevalent among Blacks than Whites. • Differences in individual-level risk behaviors do not explain the disparity. • Partner concurrency and assortative mixing are significantly associated with STI. • Differences in network structure may account for part of the racial disparity in STI.
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ISSN:1755-4365
1878-0067
DOI:10.1016/j.epidem.2015.02.003