What front-line CBO staff can tell us about culturally anchored theories of behavior change in HIV prevention for Asian/Pacific Islanders.

American Journal of Community Psychology,  September, 2003  by Hirokazu Yoshikawa

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INTRODUCTION

Although Asian/Pacific Islanders (A/PIs) show lower rates of HIV infection than other racial/ethnic groups in the United States, there are several reasons for concern about HIV for these populations. First, certain subgroups of A/PIs appear at high risk of HIV infection. A recent seroprevalence study of young gay men, conducted in seven U.S. cities, found that A/PI gay men have higher rates of infection than White gay men, although lower than African American or Latino gay men (Valleroy et al., 2000). Recent survey studies find rates of self-reported unprotected anal intercourse within the last 6 months ranging between 21 ...