Actitudes hacia los programas de prevención on-line del VIH y las ITS, y perfil de los usuarios de Internet en los hombres que tienen sexo con hombres

Abstract

The internet can facilitate sexual health promotion among MSM. Characterization of user profiles offers the possibility of segmenting prevention programs and of combining online and offline strategies.

Cruising y e-citas: un nuevo contexto para los encuentros sexuales entre hombres jóvenes que tienen sexo con hombres

“…The same is true for the case of the "level of schooling" construct: although the literature has suggested greater use of the Internet to contact casual partners among individuals with more schooling 16 , our qualitative results did not identify relevant differences. When comparing the resident and immigrant populations, neither the discourses from discussion groups nor the online quotes provided any divergent information.…”

“…Young MSM are the group that most uses the Internet to mediate their contacts with other MSM 16 . Our research has examined the use of online technology as a facilitator of cruising contacts rather than an experience to replace faceto-face encounters.…”

Variations in Recruitment Yield and Characteristics of Participants Recruited Across Diverse Internet Platforms in an HIV Testing Study of Young Adult Men-Who-Have-Sex-With-Men (YMSM)

“…Of MSM-focused published investigations that compared participant characteristics (demographic characteristics, HIV testing history, sexual risk-taking behaviors, or other aspects) by recruitment source, several used single ( Grov, 2012 ; Grov & Crow, 2012 ; Grov, Rendina, & Parsons, 2014 ; Hernandez-Romieu et al, 2014 ; Hospers, Kok, Harterink, & de Zwart, 2005 ; Mor & Dan, 2012 ; Saxton, Dickson, & Hughes, 2013 ) instead of multiple ( Bolding, Davis, Hart, Sherr, & Elford, 2005 ; Elford, Bolding, Davis, Sherr, & Hart, 2004a , 2004b ; Fernandez-Davila, Lupianez-Villanueva, & Zaragoza Lorca, 2012 ; Fernandez-Davila & Zaragoza Lorca, 2009 ; Leung, Poon, & Lee, 2015 ; Parsons, Vial, Starks, & Golub, 2013 ; Sanchez, Sineath, Kahle, Tregear, & Sullivan, 2015 ; Sanchez, Smith, Denson, Dinenno, & Lansky, 2012 ; Tsui & Lau, 2010 ; van den Boom et al, 2015 ; Vial, Starks, & Parsons, 2014 ; Zhang, Bi, Lv, Zhang, & Hiller, 2008 ) platforms for recruitment, unlike this current investigation. These studies often compared participants recruited via the Internet to those recruited in person at MSM-associated venues (e.g., bars, bathhouses, special events) or through other “off-line” methods.…”