Gay Bathhouses and Public Health Policy

ISBN-13: 9781560232735 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 274 str.

William J. Woods; Diane Binson

Opis

Examines the bathhouse environment and how it differs form other public sex environments. Discusses policies for HIV prevention, testing, and intervention, issues related to civil liberties and more.

Spis treści

• Public Health and Gay Bathhouses
• A Theoretical Approach to Bathhouse Environments
• The History of Gay Bathhouses
• Number and Distribution of Gay Bathhouses in the United States and Canada
• The San Francisco Bathhouse Battles of 1984: Civil Liberties, AIDS Risk, and Shifts in Health Policy
• Legal Aspects of Regulating Bathhouses: Cases from 1984 to 1995
• Sex and the Baths: A Not-So-Secret Report
• Beyond the Baths: The Other Sex Businesses
• Designing an HIV Counseling and Testing Program for Bathhouses: The Seattle Experience with Strategies to Improve Acceptability
• Comparing Sexual Behavioral Patterns Between Two Bathhouses: Implications for HIV Prevention Intervention Policy
• Index
• Reference Notes Included

O autorze

Authored by Binson, Diane; Woods, William J