Benjamin Grin
Biographic Data
| ID | 7561093 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Benjamin Grin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Benjamin |
| FAMILY NAME | Grin |
| SIGNATURE | GRIN B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kansas City University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
PrEP-Related Medical, Structural and Institutional Mistrust among a Socioeconomically Diverse Sample of Black, Latine, Asian, and White Young Sexual Minority Men
Mistrust among marginalized populations has been shown to negatively impact health behaviors and outcomes. Young sexual minority men (YSMM) experience many health inequities, including those related to HIV. Understanding how YSMM think about and experience medical, structural, and institutional mistrust is critical to effectively promoting engagement in preventive services like pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). The study recruited 43 YSMM (ages 25…
Challenges to Providing Integrated HIV Prevention in Substance Use Treatment Settings
INTRODUCTION: Substance use treatment settings can play a critical role in ending the HIV epidemic. Community-based methadone clinics are potentially useful sites to offer biomedical HIV prevention, but little is known about how clinicians and other clinic staff communicate with patients about sexual behavior and HIV-related topics. METHODS: Thirty semi-structured interviews were conducted at two methadone clinics in Northern New Jersey. Particip…
Why aren’t you on PrEP? You’re a gay man’
Public health models and medical interventions have often failed to consider the impact of reductionist HIV 'risk' discourse on how sexual minority men interpret, enact and embody biomedical knowledge in the context of sexual encounters. The aim of this study was to use an anthropological lens to examine sexual minority men's perception of HIV risk and experience within the medical system in order to examine the influence of risk discourse on the…
Sexual Minority Health Disparities in Adult Men and Women in the United States
Objectives. We used nationally representative data to investigate health disparities associated with sexual minority status among adults in the United States. Methods. We analyzed data from 11 114 adults who participated in the 2001 to 2010 waves of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Using multiple logistic regressions, we examined the prevalence of HIV, sexually transmitted infections, mental health problems, cigarette smoking…
Sexual Minority Health Disparities in Adult Men and Women in the United States
Objectives. We used nationally representative data to investigate health disparities associated with sexual minority status among adults in the United States. Methods. We analyzed data from 11 114 adults who participated in the 2001 to 2010 waves of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Using multiple logistic regressions, we examined the prevalence of HIV, sexually transmitted infections, mental health problems, cigarette smoking…
Sexual Minority Health Disparities in Adult Men and Women in the United States
Objectives. We used nationally representative data to investigate health disparities associated with sexual minority status among adults in the United States. Methods. We analyzed data from 11 114 adults who participated in the 2001 to 2010 waves of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Using multiple logistic regressions, we examined the prevalence of HIV, sexually transmitted infections, mental health problems, cigarette smoking…
Challenges to Providing Integrated HIV Prevention in Substance Use Treatment Settings
INTRODUCTION: Substance use treatment settings can play a critical role in ending the HIV epidemic. Community-based methadone clinics are potentially useful sites to offer biomedical HIV prevention, but little is known about how clinicians and other clinic staff communicate with patients about sexual behavior and HIV-related topics. METHODS: Thirty semi-structured interviews were conducted at two methadone clinics in Northern New Jersey. Particip…
Why aren’t you on PrEP? You’re a gay man’
Public health models and medical interventions have often failed to consider the impact of reductionist HIV 'risk' discourse on how sexual minority men interpret, enact and embody biomedical knowledge in the context of sexual encounters. The aim of this study was to use an anthropological lens to examine sexual minority men's perception of HIV risk and experience within the medical system in order to examine the influence of risk discourse on the…
PrEP-Related Medical, Structural and Institutional Mistrust among a Socioeconomically Diverse Sample of Black, Latine, Asian, and White Young Sexual Minority Men
Mistrust among marginalized populations has been shown to negatively impact health behaviors and outcomes. Young sexual minority men (YSMM) experience many health inequities, including those related to HIV. Understanding how YSMM think about and experience medical, structural, and institutional mistrust is critical to effectively promoting engagement in preventive services like pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). The study recruited 43 YSMM (ages 25…
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (4 works) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (3 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Family medicine (2 works) · Health equity (2 works) · Population (2 works) · Psychiatry (2 works) · Psychological intervention (2 works)