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Ghaziani, Amin., Star, Kim. and Cook, Thomas. "HIV/AIDS and Circuit Parties: A Review of the Literature and Proposed Research Agenda" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta Hilton Hotel, Atlanta, GA, Aug 16, 2003 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p107518_index.html>

Ghaziani, A. , Star, K. and Cook, T. D. , 2003-08-16 "HIV/AIDS and Circuit Parties: A Review of the Literature and Proposed Research Agenda" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta Hilton Hotel, Atlanta, GA Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p107518_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: Circuit parties are weekend long dance events ostensibly designed to raise money for HIV non-profit organizations. They are disproportionately attended by HIV-positive gay men relative to most other gay social settings. For attendees, circuit parties have many functions, of which a major one is to find sexual partners. In this sexually charged and drug-prevalent setting, the risk of HIV transmission is high. Indeed, past literature points to the strong correlation between drug use (e.g., ecstasy, G, K, crystal) and unsafe sexual practices at and immediately following parties and its contribution towards HIV serotransmission. We review this literature, but it is sparse. Thus, another purpose of this paper is to propose a research agenda for studying the connections between circuit parties, drug use, sexual behavior, and HIV transmission. Since the literature is still small, this paper also proposes a research agenda around 1. intervention studies designed to promote safer sex practices at the parties, 2. explanatory studies of the social-psychological and pharmacological factors that mediate between attending a party and unsafe sexual practices, 3. ethnographic studies of the culture of circuit parties, and 4. surveys that describe the population of attendees and how it might be changing.

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