The COPH wrote a little blog about my experience at the Fenway Institute Summer Institute in LGBT Population Health.
HPV prevention among gay and bisexual men
A quadrivalent HPV vaccine, Gardasil, is currently approved for the prevention of anal cancer and anal intraepithelial neoplasia. Given the elevated risk of anal cancer among men who have sex with men (MSM), the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices prioritized routine vaccine of this population. After the initial FDA approval of Gardasil for males, there was only […]
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Masculinity and same-sex relationship agreements: why is this a public health issue?
My master’s thesis in public health explored the ways in which normative expectations of masculinity may underlie patterns of social behavior observed in gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men that increase the risk of HIV transmission. One objective of this endeavor was to investigate the association between normative standards of masculinity and a tendency to form nonmongamous sexual agreements […]
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