Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 43, Issue 2 , Pages 201-204, August 2008

Parents Know and Parents Matter; Is It Time to Develop Family-Based HIV Prevention Programs for Young Men Who Have Sex with Men?

  • Robert Garofalo, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Howard Brown Health Center and Children's Memorial Hospital/Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Robert Garofalo, M.D., M.P.H., Howard Brown Health Center, 4025 N. Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60613.
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  • Brian Mustanski, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Institute for Juvenile Research at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
    • ,
  • Geri Donenberg, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Institute for Juvenile Research at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Received 30 August 2007; accepted 11 January 2008. published online 25 April 2008.

Abstract 

We examined the potential for a family-based HIV prevention approach for gay and bisexually identified young men who have sex with men (MSM). The majority of our urban, ethnically diverse sample disclosed their sexual orientation to parents, who were generally supportive. Family connectedness significantly decreased the odds of an HIV positive status.

Keywords: HIV, Gay youth, HIV prevention

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PII: S1054-139X(08)00099-2

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.01.017

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 43, Issue 2 , Pages 201-204, August 2008

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