Perceived discrimination, mental health help-seeking attitudes, and suicide ideation, planning, and attempts among black young adults
Boyd D, Quinn C, Durkee M, Williams E, Constant A, Washington D, Butler-Barnes S, Ewing A. Perceived discrimination, mental health help-seeking attitudes, and suicide ideation, planning, and attempts among black young adults. BMC Public Health 2024, 24: 2019. PMID: 39075376, PMCID: PMC11285399, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-19519-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental health help-seeking attitudesHelp-seeking attitudesBlack young adultsExperiences of discriminationEveryday discriminationMental health help-seeking behaviorYoung adultsHealth help-seeking behaviorSuicidal ideationExperiences of everyday discriminationMental health servicesMental health supportLong-term health consequencesHelp-seeking behaviorSuicide prevention effortsFeelings of isolationSuicidal behaviorImpact of discriminationHealth servicesHealth supportLogistic regression analysisSexual healthPrevention effortsStudy participantsRisk of suicidal behaviorQualitative description of interpersonal HIV stigma and motivations for HIV testing among gays, bisexuals, and men who have sex with men in Ghana’s slums—BSGH-005
Abu-Ba’are G, Shamrock O, Zigah E, Ogunbajo A, Dakpui H, Agbemedu G, Boyd D, Ezechi O, Nelson L, Torpey K. Qualitative description of interpersonal HIV stigma and motivations for HIV testing among gays, bisexuals, and men who have sex with men in Ghana’s slums—BSGH-005. PLOS ONE 2024, 19: e0289905. PMID: 38837972, PMCID: PMC11152275, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0289905.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV testingHIV stigmaHIV testing servicesLevel of stigmaFace-to-face interviewsHIV education interventionsHIV knowledge levelsSummative content analysisGBMSM livingEducational interventionHIV preventionHealthcare servicesHIV prevalenceCommunity partnersHIV responseTesting servicesHIV statusHIV vulnerabilityGBMSMSexual healthStigmaKnowledge levelContent analysisHIVSlums