Latino Gay Men and HIV

With research based on focus group and individual interviews in the United States, as well as a thorough and integrative review of the current literature, Latino Gay Men and HIV discusses the six main sociocultural factors in Latino communities -- machismo, homophobia, family cohesion, sexual silence, poverty and racism--which undermine safe sex practices. In an attempt to explain the alarmingly high incidence of unprotected intercourse in this population, this in-depth cultural and psychological analysis shows how an apparent incongruence between knowledge or intention and behavior can possess its own sociocultural logic and meaning.

Introduction; Chapter 1 Findings of Epidemiological Research; Chapter 2 Findings of Behavioral Research; Chapter 3 Cultural Barriers to Behavior Change; Chapter 4 Machismo and Homophobia; Chapter 5 Family Loyalty and Sexual Silence; Chapter 6 Poverty and Racism; Chapter 7 Acculturation Groups; Chapter 8 A Psycho-Cultural Model of Sexual Self-Regulation; Chapter 9 Hermanos de Luna Y Sol;