@article{ref1,
title="Sexual abuse and HIV-risk behaviour among black and minority ethnic men who have sex with men in the UK",
journal="Mental health, religion and culture",
year="2017",
author="Jaspal, Rusi and Lopes, Bárbara and Jamal, Zahra and Paccoud, Ivana and Sekhon, Parminder",
volume="20",
number="8",
pages="841-853",
abstract="Black and minority ethnic (BME) men who have sex with men (MSM) face a major burden in relation to HIV infection. It was hypothesised that sexual abuse would predict sexual risk-taking, and that this relationship would be mediated by victimisation and maladaptive coping variables. Four hundred and thirty-two BME MSM completed the survey; 54% reported no sexual abuse and 27% reported sexual abuse. Mann-Whitney tests showed that MSM with a history of sexual abuse reported higher frequency of drug use, and of homophobia and racism than those reporting no prior sexual abuse. A structural equation model showed that the experience of sexual abuse was positively associated with sexual risk-taking and that this relationship was mediated by victimisation variables: frequency of racism and frequency of homophobia and by the maladaptive coping variable: frequency of drug use. The findings can inform the design of psycho-sexual and behavioural interventions for BME MSM.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1367-4676",
doi="10.1080/13674676.2017.1414170",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2017.1414170"
}