Complex Drug Use Patterns and Associated HIV Transmission Risk Behaviors in an Internet Sample of U.S. Men Who Have Sex with Men.
Although the relationship between drug use and HIV risk among men who have sex with men (MSM) is well described, relatively few studies have employed empirical methods to assess underlying classes of drug use that may better predict the risk of HIV or sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among MSM...
| Publicado en: | Archives of Sexual Behavior Vol. 44; no. 2; pp. 421 - 429 |
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Springer Nature
Feb2015
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=100852552&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 100852552 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00040002 ASX jtl: Archives of Sexual Behavior issn: 00040002 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Feb2015 vid: 44 iid: 2 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 100852552 10.1007/s10508-014-0337-8 ppf: 421 ppct: 8 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 200KB tig: atl: Complex Drug Use Patterns and Associated HIV Transmission Risk Behaviors in an Internet Sample of U.S. Men Who Have Sex with Men. aug: au: Yu, Gary Wall, Melanie Chiasson, Mary Hirshfield, Sabina affil: Department of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York USA Research and Evaluation Unit, Public Health Solutions, 40 Worth Street, 5th Floor New York 10013 USA su: United States Men who have sex with men Substance use of men Drug abuse HIV infection risk factors Anal sex Unsafe sex Latent class analysis (Statistics) sug: subj: Men who have sex with men Substance use of men Drug abuse United States HIV infection risk factors Anal sex Unsafe sex Latent class analysis (Statistics) keyword: Drug use Gay men Group sex HIV Internet Drug use Gay men Group sex HIV Internet ab: Although the relationship between drug use and HIV risk among men who have sex with men (MSM) is well described, relatively few studies have employed empirical methods to assess underlying classes of drug use that may better predict the risk of HIV or sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among MSM. The aim of this study was to determine whether latent class analysis (LCA) would identify underlying drug classes reported prior to sex, as well as predict unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) in the last sexual encounter among MSM. From 2004 to 2005, an anonymous online survey was conducted among 8,717 sexually active MSM recruited from gay-affiliated U.S. websites. LCA clustered participants into six distinct drug use classes based on the specific types and number of drugs used: (1) low/no drug use, (2) recreational drug use, (3) poppers with prescription erectile dysfunction (ED) drug use, (4) poppers with both prescription and non-prescription ED drug use, (5) recreational, club, and ED drug use, and (6) high polydrug use. Compared with men in Class 1, men in the highest drug use class were 4.84 times more likely to report UAI in their last sexual encounter and 3.78 times more likely to report an STI in the past year (both ps < .001). Younger MSM aged 18-29 were significantly more likely to report an STI than men aged 50 and above ( p < .001). There is a need to better understand the complex relationship between a diverse set of drugs used among MSM and how polydrug use impacts sexual negotiation over time. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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