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May 2006, Vol 96, No. 5 | American Journal of Public Health 765
© 2006 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.079186

LETTER

THE IMPORTANCE OF BOTH SEXUAL BEHAVIOR AND IDENTITY

Preeti Pathela, DrPH, MPH, Susan Blank, MD, MPH, Randall L. Sell, ScD, MS and Julia A. Schillinger, MD, MSc

Preeti Pathela, Susan Blank, and Julia A. Schillinger are with the Bureau of Sexually Transmitted Disease Control, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY. Susan Blank and Julia A. Schillinger are also with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention, Atlanta, Ga. Randall L. Sell is with the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York.

Correspondence: Request for reprints should be sent to Preeti Pathela, DrPH, Bureau of STD Control, Room 207, CN 73, New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 125 Worth St, New York, NY 10013 (e-mail: ppathela@health.nyc.gov).

Because this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.

In the July 2005 issue, Young and Meyer suggest that the terms "men who have sex with men (MSM)" and "women who have sex with women (WSW)" are used inappropriately to displace information regarding sexual identity.1 While information regarding sexual identity is important, measures of both sexual identity and sexual behavior should routinely be included on population-based surveys and surveys of health risk behaviors to illuminate interactions between identity, behavior, and adverse health outcomes, including sexually transmitted infections.

The Bureau of Sexually Transmitted Disease Control at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene attempts to interview all . . . [Full Text]






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