Relationship between disclosure of same-sex sexual activity to providers, HIV diagnosis and sexual health services for men who have sex with men in Vancouver, Canada

Autor: Warren Michelow, Steve Kanters, David M. Moore, Brian E. Ng, Meaghan Thumath, Marissa McGuire, Mark Gilbert, Wayne Robert, Robert S. Hogg, Reka Gustafson
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Zdroj: Scopus-Elsevier
Popis: OBJECTIVES: Men who have sex with men (MSM) report challenges to accessing appropriate health care. We sought to understand the relationship between disclosure of same-sex sexual activity to a health care practitioner (HCP), sexual behaviour and measures of sexual health care. METHODS: Participants recruited through community venues and events completed a questionnaire and provided a blood sample. This analysis includes only individuals with self-reported HIV negative or unknown serostatus. We compared participants who had disclosed having same-sex partners with those who had not using chi-square, Wilcoxon Rank Sum and Fisher’s exact tests and used logistic regression to examine those variables associated with receiving an HIV test. RESULTS: Participants who had disclosed were more likely to have a higher level of education (p
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