Risk factors for HIV infection in Males who have Sex with Males (MSM) in Bangladesh

Chan, Philip A.; Khan, Omar A.

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-7-153

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“…This is higher, yet somewhat comparable, to the 18% figure found in a 2006 survey of PWID in Delhi (Sarna et al, 2012). Surveys in Iran (11.3%) (Zamani et al, 2010), Brazil (26.4%) (Ferreira et al, 2006), Bangladesh (10%) (Chan & Khan, 2007) and Afghanistan (25.7%) (Todd et al, 2010) have similarly found a high proportion of male PWID who have a history of sex with men. Haque et al (2004) surveyed male PWID across multiple sites in Pakistan and found that 13% exclusively had sex with males and 30% had sex with both males and females in their lifetime.…”

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confidence: 73%

“…Research elsewhere has identified sizeable sub-populations for whom injecting drug use overlaps with male-to-male sex (Chan & Khan, 2007;Ferreira, Caiaffa, Bastos, Mingoti, & Projeto, 2006;Haque et al, 2004;Johnston et al, 2010;Kral et al, 2005;Parviz et al, 2006;Strathdee & Sherman, 2003;Todd et al, 2010;Zamani et al, 2010). Men who both inject drugs and have sex with men are particularly vulnerable to HIV infection and have the potential to transmit the virus across multiple populations.…”

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confidence: 96%

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Male-to-male sex among men who inject drugs in Delhi, India: Overlapping HIV risk behaviours

Armstrong

Jorm

Samson³

et al. 2015

International Journal of Drug Policy

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Male-to-male sex among men who inject drugs in Delhi, India: Overlapping HIV risk behaviours

Armstrong

Jorm

Samson³

et al. 2015

International Journal of Drug Policy

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“…16,17 Many studies have investigated the factors associated with unprotected sexual behaviors. 18,19 However, due to inadequate research methods, the literature on the relationship between risk factors and high-risk sexual behaviors in MSM is limited. Since the 1960s and 1970s, structural equation modeling (SEM) has been a statistical analysis method that represents one of the three major advances in the field of statistics.…”

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Factors That Influence Risky Sexual Behaviors Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Liaoning Province, China: A Structural Equation Model

Liu

Guo

Sun

2011

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

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HIV prevalence among men who have sex with men (MSM) has increased rapidly in China. Behavioral and biologic interventions are the key to control the spreading of HIV in the MSM population and the primary strategy for reducing the spread of AIDS in China. The objective of this study is to explore the relationship among HIV-related knowledge, the basic information of respondents, service utilization and risky sexual behavior. Respondent-driven sampling was used to recruit 225 MSM in Fushun and Huludao in China. The results of univariate analysis showed that condom use in the past 6 months was associated with age, being more knowledgeable about HIV, accepting lubricant distribution, and peer education (p<0.05). The structural equation modeling (SEM) results was as following, χ(2)=863.45 (p<0.01); root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA)=0.04; goodness of fit (GFI)=0.94, which indicated the model fitted the data well. The factor loads of HIV-related knowledge, the basic information of respondents, service utilization and risky sexual behavior was -0.06, 0.07, -0.27, respectively, which indicated that service utilization was likely to be a major factor negatively impacting risky sexual behavior. For service utilization, the greatest item load was for distribution of lubricants and peer education, 0.69, 0.68, respectively. The factor load of HIV-related knowledge and service utilization was 0.15, which suggested that risky sexual behaviors might be indirectly reduced by improving HIV/AIDS knowledge to increase service utilization. Basic information (age, income, marital status, age at first sexual intercourse) had a greater impact on service utilization, with a load factor of 0.26. For basic information, the greatest item load was age (0.96). In terms of the intervention strategies, it is essential that public health education is provided for the young, to ultimately decrease risky behaviors in MSM.

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“…Although, awareness in males are high [16] but the prevalence among them is high compared to females. This may be by the cause that males are three times more vulnerable to transmission of this epidemic than females [17]. Among the males who sex with males and also exposed to anal sex are more vulnerable to spread of this pandemic, which facilitate the spread of HIV virus in very easy way [18,19,20].…”

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Trends of HIV/AIDS Epidemic and Awareness Levels in Bangladesh

Faruk¹,

Begum²,

Rana³

2017

IJDST

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This paper observes the level and trends of HIV/AIDS epidemic and its awareness in Bangladesh. The HIV/AIDS prevalence rate in Bangladesh is 0.01% and in compared to other neighboring countries Bangladesh has least prevalence. The trend of HIV/AIDS prevalence in Bangladesh is increasing. The highest prevalence rate is found in Nepal and its trend is found decreasing over the years. The trend of number of death due to AIDS in Bangladesh is increasing. The estimated number of death due to AIDS in Bangladesh is 68in 2001 which is gradually increasing and in 2015 it stands at 868. The highest number of death due to AIDS is found in Pakistan and its trend is also increasing. The theoretical trend of HIV/AIDS prevalence in Bangladesh forecast that the prevalence rate will be 0.021%in 2020. The trend of HIV/AIDS awareness level in Bangladesh is found to be increasing over the year. The awareness level in Bangladesh is about 80% in 2014 among which male are 90% and female are 70%. Finally, from the result of the present study it can be conclude that with the increase of the awareness level the number of new HIV infection in Bangladesh tends to decrease.

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Risk factors for HIV infection in Males who have Sex with Males (MSM) in Bangladesh

Abstract: Background: Recent surveillance data from Bangladesh indicate rising HIV infection among intravenous drug users (IDU) in the country. We suggest a likely association between HIV risk factors in this group and other groups, such as males who have sex with males (MSM).

Cited by 32 publications

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Male-to-male sex among men who inject drugs in Delhi, India: Overlapping HIV risk behaviours

Male-to-male sex among men who inject drugs in Delhi, India: Overlapping HIV risk behaviours

Factors That Influence Risky Sexual Behaviors Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Liaoning Province, China: A Structural Equation Model

Trends of HIV/AIDS Epidemic and Awareness Levels in Bangladesh

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