A Comparison of On-Line and Off-Line Sexual Risk in Men Who Have Sex With Men

Chiasson, Mary Ann; Hirshfield, Sabina; Remien, Robert H.; Humberstone, Mike; Wong, Tom; Wolitski, Richard J.

doi:10.1097/qai.0b013e31802e298c

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“…Finally, the results of this study may not be generalizable to all MSM. Although the demographic characteristics of the sample are consistent with other online-recruited samples of MSM (Chiasson et al, 2007;Mitchell & Horvath, 2013;Mustanski, 2007), given the disproportionate rate of HIV infection among Black MSM (Lieb et al, 2011;Prejean et al, 2011), future research should examine perceptions of prevalence among more diverse samples.…”

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Correlates of Perceived HIV Prevalence and Associations With HIV Testing Behavior Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in the United States

White

Stephenson

2014

Am J Mens Health

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As the rate of HIV infection continues to rise among men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United States, a focus of current prevention efforts is to encourage frequent HIV testing. Although levels of lifetime testing are high, low levels of routine testing among MSM are concerning. Using data from an online sample of 768 MSM, this article explores how perceptions of HIV prevalence are associated with HIV testing behavior. Ordinal logistic regression models were fitted to examine correlates of perceived prevalence, and binary logistic regression models were fitted to assess associations between perceived prevalence and HIV testing. The results indicate that perceptions of higher prevalence among more proximal reference groups such as friends and sex partners are associated with greater odds of HIV testing. Perceptions of HIV prevalence were nonuniform across the sample; these variations point to groups to target with strategic messaging and interventions to increase HIV testing among MSM.

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Correlates of Perceived HIV Prevalence and Associations With HIV Testing Behavior Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in the United States

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Stephenson

2014

Am J Mens Health

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“…Porém, uma dificuldade na comparação dos resultados para este fator é o período escolhido para investigar a quantidade de parceiros, pois os estudos apresentam uma variação muito grande (2 até 12 meses). O número médio foi de 23 parceiros nos últimos 12 meses e está muito acima do que a literatura apresenta 2,7,17,19,22 . E entre os que relataram sexo anal desprotegido com homens HIV positivos ou de sorologia desconhecida, a média foi de 26 parceiros; e os que praticaram sexo anal sem preservativo com homens de sorologia negativa tiveram em média 20 parceiros.…”

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“…Na literatura, alguns estudos que investigaram as práticas e comportamentos sexuais de homens que fazem sexo com homens (HSH), os quais recrutam parceiros sexuais na internet, mostram resultados que indicam que a internet proporciona certa facilidade para o encontro de parceiros sexuais e para o sexo anal desprotegido [1][2][3][4][5][6] . Por outro lado, outro estudo 7 , comparando HSH que buscaram parcerias na internet com HSH que buscaram parcerias fora da rede, mostrou maior prevalência do sexo arriscado para HIV no último grupo.…”

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Inquérito sociocomportamental sobre as práticas sexuais desprotegidas entre homens que fazem sexo com homens usuários da Internet

Brignol

Dourado

2011

Rev. bras. epidemiol.

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ResumoIntrodução: O sexo anal sem o uso do preservativo masculino é um importante fator de risco para a infecção por HIV e outras doenças sexualmente transmissíveis. Objetivo: Investigar fatores individuais e sociais que se relacionam ao sexo anal desprotegido entre homens que se autodeclararam HIV negativos e que fizeram sexo anal com parceiros HIV positivos ou de sorologia desconhecida. Metodologia: Este estudo é parte de um inquérito sociocomportamental entre homens que fazem sexo com homens (HSH), a coleta de dados foi on-line no site do projeto Convida. A amostra deste estudo foi de 487 HSH. A análise descritiva precedeu a análise bivariada com o uso do teste χ 2 . Para a modelagem utilizou-se a regressão logística. Resultados: Praticaram sexo anal desprotegido com parceiro HIV positivo ou de sorologia desconhecida no último ano 30,8% dos participantes, sendo a maioria de classes sociais mais elevadas, brancos e solteiros. Os fatores que se associaram à prática do sexo anal sem proteção foram: ter mais de três parceiros no último ano (OR=1,7; IC95% 1,1-2,7), autopercepção de alto ou médio risco para adquirir HIV/Aids (OR=2,7; IC95% 1,5-3,6) e gostar de sexo oral passivo (OR=0,3; IC95% 0,2-0,8). Conclusão: O sexo anal desprotegido é uma prática frequente entre os HSH entrevistados. A frequência a banheiros públi-cos deve ser explorada enquanto fator de risco para o envolvimento no sexo anal sem proteção. Outros estudos on-line são necessários e importantes para o entendimento dessas relações e do envolvimento em prá-ticas sexuais arriscadas para infecção por HIV entre HSH. Palavras AbstractIntroduction: Unprotected anal sex (insertive or receptive) is an important risk factor for HIV infection and other STDs. Objetive: The objective was to investigate individual and social factors associated with unprotected anal sex among Men Who have Sex with Men (MSM) that declared being HIV negative and engaged in anal sex with an HIV positive partner or of ignored serology. Methods: This study is part of a survey among MSM and among Internet users, with data collected from an on line questionnaire in project site. The internet sample for this study was 487 MSM. Descriptive and stratified analyses were carried out and χ 2 test was used. Logistic regression was used for modeling the data. Results: Among the participants 30.8% referred unprotected anal sex in the previous 12 months with an HIV positive partner or partner with unknown serology. Most of them belonged to higher social classes, were white and single. Factors associated with unprotected anal sex were: number of partners (more than 3) in the previous 12 months (OR=1.7; 95% CI 1.1-2.7), high or medium perception of risk to HIV/Aids (OR=2.7; 95% CI 1.5-3.6) and enjoy passive oral sex (OR=0.3; 95% CI 0.2-0.8). Conclusion: Unprotected anal sex was a frequent practice among MSM in this survey. The frequency to public bathrooms should be further explored as a risk factor for unprotected anal sex. It is important to further explore these findings in order to understan...

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“…Research among MSM who use GSN apps to find sex partners have shown mixed results regarding the relationship between GSN app use and risky sexual practices. While some studies found no association between GSN app use for partner-seeking and sexual risk behavior [11,12], some research suggests that partner-seeking on GSN apps is associated with increased condomless anal intercourse [9,13,14], drug use (i.e. methamphetamine, Viagra, poppers, painkillers) [10,13,15], number of partners [10,13,16,17], and history of STI diagnosis [15,16,[18][19][20][21].…”

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“…Though many studies have surveyed MSM to examine the use of GSN apps to find sex partners [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][18][19][20][21][22], relatively few studies have used the GSN apps' geospatial capabilities to better understand geographical patterns of partner-seeking among MSM. Previous research in Atlanta, Georgia described a methodology for using the geolocation features of a GSN app as a novel approach to calculating the estimated spatial density of GSN app-using MSM.…”

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Spatial Distribution of Partner-Seeking Men Who Have Sex With Men Using Geosocial Networking Apps: Epidemiologic Study (Preprint)

Algarin¹,

Ward²,

Christian³

et al. 2018

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A Comparison of On-Line and Off-Line Sexual Risk in Men Who Have Sex With Men

Cited by 124 publications

References 37 publications

Correlates of Perceived HIV Prevalence and Associations With HIV Testing Behavior Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in the United States

Correlates of Perceived HIV Prevalence and Associations With HIV Testing Behavior Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in the United States

Inquérito sociocomportamental sobre as práticas sexuais desprotegidas entre homens que fazem sexo com homens usuários da Internet

Spatial Distribution of Partner-Seeking Men Who Have Sex With Men Using Geosocial Networking Apps: Epidemiologic Study (Preprint)

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