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Masculinity and HIV Risk Among Homeless Men in Los Angeles.
Author(s): David P. Kennedy, Ryan A. Brown, Daniela. Golinelli, Suzanne L. Wenzel, Joan S. Tucker, Samuel R. Wertheimer
Publication Date: 2012
HIV continues to be a serious public health problem for men who have sex with women (MSW), especially homeless MSW. Although consideration of gender has improved HIV prevention interventions, most of the research and intervention development has targeted how women's HIV risk is affected by gender roles. The effect of gender roles on MSW has received relatively little attention. Previous studies have shown mixed results when investigating the asso...
Substance Use and Other Risk Factors for Unprotected Sex: Results from an Event-Based Study of Homeless Youth
Author(s): Joan S. Tucker, Gery W. Ryan, Daniela. Golinelli, Brett. Ewing, Suzanne L. Wenzel, David P. Kennedy, Harold D. Green, Annie. Zhou
Publication Date: 2011
This study used an event-based approach to understand condom use in a probability sample of 309 homeless youth recruited from service and street sites in Los Angeles County. Condom use was significantly less likely when hard drug use preceded sex, the relationship was serious, the partners talked about “pulling out”, or sex occurred in a non-private place (and marginally less likely when heavier drinking preceded sex, or the partnership was monog...
Social Network and Individual Correlates of Sexual Risk Behavior Among Homeless Young Men Who Have Sex With Men
Author(s): Joan S. Tucker, Jianhui. Hu, Daniela. Golinelli, David P. Kenned, Harold D. Jr. Green, Suzanne L. Wenzel
Publication Date: 2012
Purpose: There is growing interest in network-based interventions to reduce HIV sexual risk behavior among both homeless youth and men who have sex with men. The goal of this study was to better understand the social network and individual correlates of sexual risk behavior among homeless young men who have sex with men (YMSM) to inform these HIV prevention efforts. Methods: A multistage sampling design was used to recruit a probability sample of...
Behavioral Health and Social Normative Influence: Correlates of Concurrent Sexual Partnering Among Heterosexually-Active Homeless Men
Author(s): Suzanne L. Wenzel, Harmony. Rhoades, Hsun-Ta. Hsu, Daniela. Golinelli, Joan S. Tucker, David P. Kennedy, Harold D. Green, Brett. Ewing
Publication Date: 2011
Sexual concurrency poses significant HIV/STI transmission risk. The correlates of concurrency have not been examined among homeless men. A representative sample of 305 heterosexually active homeless men utilizing meal programs in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles reported on their mental health, substance use, and social network characteristics. Nearly 40% of men reported concurrency with one of their four most recent sex partners. Results indicat...
Association of childhood abuse with homeless women's social networks
Author(s): Harold D. Green, Joan S. Tucker, Suzanne L. Wenzel, Daniela. Golinelli, Kennedy, Annie J. Zhou
Publication Date: 2012
OBJECTIVE: Childhood abuse has been linked to negative sequelae for women later in life including drug and alcohol use and violence as victim or perpetrator and may also affect the development of women's social networks. Childhood abuse is prevalent among at-risk populations of women (such as the homeless) and thus may have a stronger impact on their social networks. We conducted a study to: (a) develop a typology of sheltered homeless women's so...