outline for berta epi

Title
Main thesis and purpose
From the Behavioral Surveillance among MSM in the Detroit Area: 2008
	Background:
Main thesis and purpose
Why we should care
Defining MSM
Context in USA and Michigan
Detroit location and the stigma against MSM
	Methodology:
 Explain procedures: survey and questioning
Explain sample size
Data limitations
Variables leading into demographics
	Demographics: (subjects)
Men who have Sex with Men
Race
Age
Socioeconomic status
 Homelessness and incarceration
Health coverage and visit rate
Preexisting STI’s and circumcision

	Sexual Behaviors: the data gathered
Sexual identity
Age first time
The # of partners in past 12 months
Characteristics of partners: Positive, Homeless, ethnicity, relationship or hookup, drug use
Type of sex: anal
Unprotected anal sex
Knowledge of HIV status partner or self: how many talked before sex
Alcohol or drug use at last sexual encounter self or partner: rate of certain drugs
	HIV testing
Ever been tested and past 12 months (include where they got tested)
Question: Is HIV testing a routine practice or a special procedure and should you have to ask for testing?
Reasoning for not being tested: Think low risk of infection, don’t want to know, don’t have time, don’t like needles, no money or insurance, don’t know where to test, no transportation
	HIV prevention: through policy or investment
Free condoms: stats on who used them, where and how they got them
Receiving individual and group counseling for HIV prevention: effectivity, increased knowledge on how to get tested, and safe sex instruction, page 55
Increasing health coverage and health care visits: statistics and how that will benefit them
Where to implement these things