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Interacting Epidemics and Gay Men's Health: A Theory of Syndemic Production among Urban Gay Men

Stall, Ron, Friedman, Mark, Catania, Joseph A.·2007·Unequal Opportunity
DOI 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195301533.003.0009
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Abstract Gay men in the United States are characterized by a higher prevalence rate for a series of psychosocial and biomedical health problems compared to heterosexual men in the U.S. This chapter presents a theoretical framework to explain higher prevalence rates among gay and bisexual men that can be used as the basis for public health interventions. The theory takes a life course perspective on the development of health problems among gay men, and describes the development of these problems as a syndemic process of interacting health problems that begin at an early age among gay male adolescents. The current dominant explanations for lower health profiles among gay men are that homophobia causes poor health in men. This chapter adds to that explanation the possibility that the lifelong effects of experiencing homophobic violence and cultural marginalization at a very early age is a centrally-important force in syndemic production among gay men.

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Authors
Stall, R., Friedman, M., & Catania, J. A.
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Venue
Unequal Opportunity
Publisher
Oxford University PressNew York
Published
2007-12-06
Pages
251-274
DOI
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195301533.003.0009
OpenAlex
W2504103437
Cited by
266
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8
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FWCI
22.94
Type
book chapter
Language
en
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closed
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
Keywords
syndemic, gay men, bisexual men, homophobia, homophobic violence, cultural marginalization, life course perspective, health disparities, public health interventions

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