Implications for HIV Prevention Programs From a Serobehavioural Survey of Men Who Have Sex With Men in Vancouver, British Columbia: The ManCount Study
| Autor: | Reka Gustafson, Mark Gilbert, Michael Kwag, Warren Michelow, Marissa McGuire, Terry Trussler, ManCount Study Team, Wayne Robert, David Moore, Steve Kanters, Robert S. Hogg |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Male Gerontology medicine.medical_specialty Sexual Behavior media_common.quotation_subject Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) HIV Infections medicine.disease_cause Men who have sex with men law.invention Risk-Taking Condom law Surveys and Questionnaires Prevalence Humans Medicine Homosexuality Homosexuality Male media_common Chi-Square Distribution British Columbia Descriptive statistics business.industry Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health virus diseases General Medicine Bisexuality Quantitative Research business Serostatus Chi-squared distribution Demography |
| Zdroj: | Canadian Journal of Public Health. 103:142-146 |
| ISSN: | 1920-7476 0008-4263 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf03404220 |
| Popis: | Background: We examined HIV prevalence, awareness of HIV serostatus and HIV risk behaviour among a sample of men who have sex with men (MSM) in Vancouver. Methods: MSM ≥18 years were recruited from August 2008 to February 2009 through community venues. Participants completed a questionnaire and provided a dried blood spot (DBS) for HIV and other STI testing. We performed descriptive statistics and bivariate analyses of key explanatory variables. Results: A total of 1,169 participants completed questionnaires; of these, 1,138 (97.3%) provided DBS specimens suitable for testing. The median age was 33 years (IQR 26-44). A total of 206 (18%) were HIV-positive by DBS, of whom 86% were aware they were positive. HIV seropositivity increased from 7.1% in those |
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