 | The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA |
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| The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA |
Don Operario, PhD1, Tooru Nemoto, PhD2, Terence Ng, MS1, and Toho Soma, MPH2. (1) Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California San Francisco, 74 New Montgomery Street, Suite 250, San Francisco, CA 94105, (415) 597-9257, doperario@psg.ucsf.edu, (2) Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, 74 New Montgomery Street, Suite 500, San Francisco, CA 94105
Examined correlates of HIV/STD-related sexual risk behavior among Asian Pacific Islander (API) men who have sex with men (MSM). Participants (N = 94) were recruited via snowball sampling and completed individual interviews. Over three-quarters of participants (78%) had sex during the past 3 months; 46% of the sample reported multiple sex partners. Among those sexually active during the past 3 months, 48% had insertive anal sex, 59% had receptive anal sex, 88% had insertive oral sex, 92% had receptive oral sex, 35% had insertive analingus, and 55% had receptive analingus. Moreover, 30% had unprotected insertive anal sex and 34% had unprotected receptive anal sex during the past 3 months. No participants reported consistently using condoms for oral sex or analingus during the past 3 months. Sexual risk behaviors were associated with demographic variables such as age, HIV status, ethnicity, and education, as well as with psychosocial variables succh as attitudes toward condom use, attitudes toward belonging to the gay community, depression, and social support. Implications for HIV prevention programs targeting API MSM are discussed.
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Keywords: Gay Men, HIV Risk Behavior
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: None.
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.