Latino Gay Men and HIV

<p>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 <strong><em>Latino</em></strong><strong><em>Gay Men and HIV</em></strong> 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.</p>