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Katherine G Quinn1, Jeffrey A Kelly2, Wayne J DiFranceisco2, Sergey S Tarima2,3, Andrew E Petroll2,4, Chris Sanders5, Janet S St Lawrence6, Yuri A Amirkhanian2.
Abstract
This study examined social and health-related correlates of AIDS conspiracy theories among 464 African American men who have sex with men (MSM). Exploratory factor analysis revealed two subscales within the AIDS conspiracy beliefs scale: medical mistrust and AIDS genocidal beliefs. Multiple regression analyses revealed medical mistrust and AIDS genocidal beliefs were both associated negative condom use attitudes and higher levels of internalized homonegativity. Medical mistrust was also associated with lower knowledge of HIV risk reduction strategies. Finally, we conducted bivariate regressions to examine the subsample of participants who reported being HIV-positive and currently taking HIV antiretroviral therapy (ART) to test associations between sexual behavior and HIV treatment and AIDS conspiracy theories. Among this subsample, medical mistrust was associated with having a detectable viral load and not disclosing HIV-status to all partners in the previous 3 months. Collectively, these findings have implications for HIV prevention and treatment for African American MSM.Entities:
Keywords: AIDS conspiracy theories; African American MSM; HIV risk; Medical mistrust
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Year: 2018 PMID： 28013400 PMCID： PMC5483207 DOI： 10.1007/s10461-016-1657-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: AIDS Behav ISSN： 1090-7165