Sexual risk taking among young internet-using men who have sex with men.
OBJECTIVES: We examined the characteristics of young Internet-using men who have sex with men (MSM) and risks associated with seeking sex online, offline, or through both strategies. METHODS: Data were obtained from MSM aged 18 to 24 years who completed a 45-minute online survey regarding sex and In...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Public Health Vol. 98; no. 6; pp. 1059 - 1068 |
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American Public Health Association
Jun2008
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=105753570&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 105753570 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 00900036 APH jtl: American Journal of Public Health issn: 00900036 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2008 vid: 98 iid: 6 pid: 44 pub: American Public Health Association place: Washington, District of Columbia artinfo: ui: 105753570 32544169 2009945525 10.2105/AJPH.2007.111070 NLM18445804 105753570 ppf: 1059 ppct: 9 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Sexual risk taking among young internet-using men who have sex with men. aug: au: Horvath KJ Rosser BR Remafedi G affil: Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA. horva018@umn.edu sug: subj: Bisexuality Homosexuality Internet Risk Taking Behavior Sexuality Adolescence Adult Analysis of Variance Chi Square Test Male Questionnaires Regression Sexual Partners United States Human Adolescent: 13-18 years Adult: 19-44 years Male ab: OBJECTIVES: We examined the characteristics of young Internet-using men who have sex with men (MSM) and risks associated with seeking sex online, offline, or through both strategies. METHODS: Data were obtained from MSM aged 18 to 24 years who completed a 45-minute online survey regarding sex and Internet use in the preceding 3 months. RESULTS: Significantly more Internet-using MSM who had met sexual partners both online and offline (43%) reported unprotected anal intercourse than did those who had met sexual partners exclusively online (29%) or offline (34%). MSM who met sexual partners exclusively offline reported the fewest partners but the greatest proportion of partnerships involving unprotected anal intercourse (49%). Meeting sexual partners both online and offline (odds ratio [OR]=3.38-58.42) and being drunk (OR=1.57) or high (OR=2.24) increased the odds of having more sexual partners. The same factors increased the odds of having unprotected anal intercourse (online and offline sexual partners, OR=1.60; being drunk, OR=1.43; being high, OR=1.61). CONCLUSIONS: Risky sexual behavior was prevalent among all of the study subgroups. Our findings suggest that online sex seeking is associated with greater numbers of sexual partners but neither promotes nor discourages unprotected anal intercourse. Regardless of where sexual partners met, being drunk and high were significant risks for unprotected anal intercourse. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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