Uptake and Outcomes Associated with Implementation of a Community-Based Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing Program in Antigua and Barbuda.

Objective: To evaluate the implementation of community-based voluntary HIV counseling and testing (CBVCT) in the Eastern Caribbean.

Methods: A total of 9782 unique HIV testing events performed through a national program of CBVCT in Antigua and Barbuda (2009-2012) were analyzed. The authors describe testers' demographic characteristics and assess demographic (education, housing, marital status, nationality, and age) and sexual exposure (partner gender, transactional sex, and multiple partners) factors associated with testing HIV-positivity and with condom use.

Risk behaviors and psychosocial stressors in the new york city house ball community: a comparison of men and transgender women who have sex with men.

The New York City House Ball community consists of social networks of racial/ethnic minority gay, lesbian or bisexual men and women, and transgender persons. HIV seroprevalence and interview data were obtained from a sample of community members to identify statistical differences in HIV prevalence, risk behavior, and psychosocial stressors between men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women. Of 301 MSM and 60 transgender women, 20% were HIV-infected and 73% were unaware of their infection, but rates did not differ by gender.

HIV prevalence and associated risk behaviors in New York City's house ball community.

Objectives: We measured HIV seroprevalence and associated risk factors among persons in New York City's house ball community.

Methods: In 2004 we conducted a venue-based risk-behavior survey and HIV testing in the house ball community.

Results: Of the 504 study participants, 67% were male, 14% female, and 18% transgender.

Self-reported tuberculosis disease and tuberculin skin testing in the New York City House Ballroom community.

Objectives: We sought to describe the history of tuberculosis disease and tuberculin skin testing among the New York City House Ballroom community--a social network of diverse sexual and gender identities or expressions.

Methods: Members of the House Ballroom community were convenience sampled, surveyed, and tested for HIV in 2004. We identified characteristics associated with history of tuberculosis, tuberculin skin testing, and test positivity and described the timing of skin testing.

Attitudes about combination HIV therapies: the next generation of gay men at risk.

This study examined awareness of and attitudes about highly active antiretroviral therapies (HAARTs) among adolescent and young men who have sex with men (MSM). As part of the multisite Young Men's Survey, 813 MSM aged 15-22 years who attended public venues in two cities were questioned about HAART in 1997-1998. Overall, 45.