Sexual Behaviors in an Urban Bathhouse 15 Years Into the HIV Epidemic

Beneden, Chris Van; OʼBrien, Kerth; Modesitt, Steve; Yusem, Suzanne H.; Rose, Alan G.; Fleming, David W.

doi:10.1097/00126334-200208150-00008

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“…In that regard, our findings suggest this intersection of risk profiles may also represent an important venue for public health interventions in sex party environments as a part of comprehensive HIV prevention. 25,36,37 Research has demonstrated that venue-based interventions can serve as viable and effective methods for reaching high-risk populations. [38][39][40] Our findings indicate that sex party attendees reported higher risk in a number of important individual factors such as sexual risk taking, drug use, intimate partner violence, and arrests, as compared with nonattendees.…”

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Sex Parties among Young Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men in New York City: Attendance and Behavior

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Very little information exists with regard to sex party behaviors in young men who have sex with men (YMSM), often defined as men ranging in age from 13 to 29 years. The current analysis examines sex party attendance and behavior in a sample of 540 emergent adult gay, bisexual, and other YMSM in New York City, ages 18-29 years. Findings indicate that 8.7% (n = 47) of the sample had attended a sex party 3 months prior to assessment. Sex party attendees reported that parties included both HIV-positive and HIV-negative men; attendees also reported unprotected sex and limited access to condoms and lubricant. As compared with those who did not attend sex parties, those who did indicated significantly more lifetime and recent (last 3 months) casual sex partners, drug use (both number of different drugs used and total lifetime use), psychosocial burden (history of partner violence and number of arrests), and total syndemic burden (a composite of unprotected anal sex, drug use and psychosocial burden). These results indicate that while only a small percentage of the overall sample attended sex parties, the intersection of both individual risk factors coupled with risk factors engendered within the sex party environment itself has the potential to be a catalyst in the proliferation of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in urban settings. Lastly, given that sex parties are different than other sex environments, commercial and public, with regard to how they are accessed, public health strategies may need to become more tailored in order to reach this potentially highly risky group.

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Sex Parties among Young Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men in New York City: Attendance and Behavior

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“…Public sex venues such as bathhouses continue to be places where MSM, particularly HIV-positive MSM, engage in unsafe risk behavior. 17,18 Effective prevention efforts among HIV-positive MSM who frequent venues that promote anonymous sex are urgently needed. Likewise, the Internet continues to play an important role in disease transmission and presents a continuing challenge for adequate web-based health promotion and disease prevention for MSM.…”

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Risk Factors for Rectal Gonococcal Infection Amidst Resurgence in HIV Transmission

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Kent²,

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2003

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

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“…Furthermore, Grov et al [3] found that among patrons of SOP venues, 22% of their sample reported meeting half or more of their sex partners in such venues. While studies have found that few patrons of SOP venues engage in unprotected anal intercourse, patrons are more likely to be HIV positive and have greater numbers of partners while at the venue, facilitating HIV transmission [2,5]. Given this risk, public health officials have often argued for closing these venues [6].…”

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Venues, Patrons, and Alcohol Use Dynamics: The Creation of a High Risk Sexual Environment

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Venue-based HIV prevention interventions, especially in sex on premise venues, can disrupt high-risk sexual networks. However, prior to intervening, it is essential to understand the person-venue dynamics that contribute to HIV risk. As such, we conducted five ethnographic observations at each of six venues where alcohol is sold and sex occurs onsite (2 each porn theaters, sex clubs, and dance clubs) frequented by gay and other men who have sex with men (G&MSM) in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area. Alcohol use, sexual behavior, and person-venue dynamics differed markedly across venue types. In dance clubs, substantial alcohol consumption often preceded visits to the darkroom for sex which, at times, included unprotected anal and vaginal intercourse. Condoms, although available, were not easily accessible. HIV prevention messaging was generally non-existent. These venues are in critical need of interventions to reduce HIV transmission risk.

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Sexual Behaviors in an Urban Bathhouse 15 Years Into the HIV Epidemic

Cited by 45 publications

References 7 publications

Sex Parties among Young Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men in New York City: Attendance and Behavior

Sex Parties among Young Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men in New York City: Attendance and Behavior

Risk Factors for Rectal Gonococcal Infection Amidst Resurgence in HIV Transmission

Venues, Patrons, and Alcohol Use Dynamics: The Creation of a High Risk Sexual Environment

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