Online and Offline Sexual Health-Seeking Patterns of HIV-Negative Men Who Have Sex with Men
| Autor: | B. R. Simon Rosser, Gene P. Danilenko, Keith J. Horvath, Derek J. Smolenski, J. Michael Wilkerson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Male Online and offline medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Urban Population Social Psychology Cross-sectional study Information Seeking Behavior HIV Infections Article Men who have sex with men Young Adult Seekers Risk-Taking HIV Seronegativity Surveys and Questionnaires Information seeking behavior medicine Humans Homosexuality Male Reproductive health Internet business.industry Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Health psychology Cross-Sectional Studies Infectious Diseases Family medicine Regression Analysis business Attitude to Health Social psychology |
| Zdroj: | AIDS and Behavior. 14:1362-1370 |
| ISSN: | 1573-3254 1090-7165 |
| Popis: | To inform health information targeting, we used cross-sectional data from 2577 HIV-negative MSM to identify groups of men who access similar sources. Offline, more men reported talking to a physician about HIV than about having sex with men; fewer than half attended a safer sex workshop. Online, men sought information primarily through Internet search engines, GLBT websites, or health websites. A latent class analysis identified four groups of health seekers: minimal health seekers, those who accessed online sources only, those who sought information mostly from health professionals, and those who sought information from diverse sources. Minimal health seekers, 9% of the sample, were the group of greatest concern. They engaged in unprotected anal sex with multiple partners but infrequently testing for HIV or sought sexual health information. By encouraging health seeking from diverse sources, opportunities exist to increase men’s knowledge of HIV/STI prevention and, when necessary, access to medical care. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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