Matt G. In this paper, we examine risk assessment assumptions conveyed within YGM's communication about sexual health with their friends and how, if at all, the sexual scripts guiding these assumptions may differ between YGM and young women. Since inaccurate HIV risk assessment assumptions were transmitted via sexual health communication between peers, it is suggested that such assumptions may need to be addressed in HIV prevention programs working with YGM and their friends. Further, gender differences were identified within the sexual scripts shared between YGM and their friends, suggesting that such interventions should be tailored to the specific needs of different friendship networks. Young adults are vulnerable to human immunodeficiency virus HIV infection, a problem that is particularly serious among young gay men YGM , who are presently becoming infected with HIV at alarming rates [ 1 ]. Valleroy et al. Additionally, it has been estimated that at least one-third of all new HIV infections are among young adults [ 5 ], suggesting the importance of HIV prevention interventions that address specific issues of relevance to young adults, who may have different needs than older adults [ 6 ]. Still, little is known about how YGM discuss sexual health topics with their friends. Sexual health communication between YGM and their friends may be a key source for the scripts that guide sexual behaviors, and one way in which sexual health norms are transmitted between peers.
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Jordan Davis, 31, was charged in June with forcible oral copulation with a minor, along with an enhancement for the commission of a sex crime while infected with HIV. He was also charged with making contact with a minor for a sexual offense, and two sexual battery counts, including sexual battery by fraud. His next hearing, where a trial date may be set, is scheduled for Wednesday. The charges stem from two reported encounters that took place several weeks apart, and involve two alleged victims — a young man and a teen boy — who did not know each other. Both alleged victims said they agreed to go with Davis and got into his car. The man told investigators he punched Davis and ran away, according to police testimony. Roughly six weeks later, in May, Davis reportedly approached a teen boy who was walking home from school, and offered the boy a modeling gig.
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Epidemiological studies have found that young men who have sex with men YMSM represent the majority of young people infected with HIV annually in the U. Further, they are one of the few risk groups to show an increase in the rate of infections in recent years. In addition to these disparities in prevalence and infection rates, there is an inequity in prevention and intervention research on this population.
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