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The Impact of Urban US Policing Practices on Black Men Who Have Sex with Men’s HIV Vulnerability: Ethnographic Findings and a Conceptual Model for Future Research

Authors: Caroline M. Parker, Richard G. Parker, Morgan M. Philbin, Jennifer S. Hirsch

Published in: Journal of Urban Health | Issue 2/2018

Abstract

This paper advances research on racism and health by presenting a conceptual model that delineates pathways linking policing practices to HIV vulnerability among Black men who have sex with men in the urban USA. Pathways include perceived discrimination based on race, sexuality and gender performance, mental health, and condom-carrying behaviors. The model, intended to stimulate future empirical work, is based on a review of the literature and on ethnographic data collected in 2014 in New York City. This paper contributes to a growing body of work that examines policing practices as drivers of racial health disparities extending far beyond violence-related deaths.

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Title: The Impact of Urban US Policing Practices on Black Men Who Have Sex with Men’s HIV Vulnerability: Ethnographic Findings and a Conceptual Model for Future Research
Authors: Caroline M. Parker
Richard G. Parker
Morgan M. Philbin
Jennifer S. Hirsch
Publication date: 01-04-2018
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Urban Health / Issue 2/2018
Print ISSN: 1099-3460
Electronic ISSN: 1468-2869
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-017-0220-8

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