Online Hookup Sites for Meeting Sexual Partners Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Rhode Island, 2013: A Call for Public Health Action

Autor: Thomas Bertrand, Julia Harvey, Jennifer S. Rose, Nicole Alexander-Scott, Rami Kantor, Amy Nunn, Caitlin Towey, E. Karina Santamaria, Philip A. Chan, Joanna Poceta
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
Předmět:
Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Sexual Behavior
HIV Infections
Health Promotion
Case Studies and Practice
Risk Assessment
Men who have sex with men
Social Networking
Interviews as Topic
03 medical and health sciences
Young Adult
0302 clinical medicine
Risk-Taking
Medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Homosexuality
Male
Substance Abuse
Intravenous
Marketing of Health Services
Internet
030505 public health
Consumer Health Information
business.industry
Public health
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health
virus diseases
Rhode Island
Advertising
Middle Aged
Online advertising
Mobile Applications
Frequent use
Health promotion
Sexual Partners
Organizational Case Studies
Corporate social responsibility
The Internet
Female
0305 other medical science
business
Disease transmission
Popis: Frequent use of websites and mobile telephone applications (apps) by men who have sex with men (MSM) to meet sexual partners, commonly referred to as “hookup” sites, make them ideal platforms for HIV prevention messaging. This Rhode Island case study demonstrated widespread use of hookup sites among MSM recently diagnosed with HIV. We present the advertising prices and corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs of the top five sites used by newly diagnosed HIV-positive MSM to meet sexual partners: Grindr, Adam4Adam, Manhunt, Scruff, and Craigslist. Craigslist offered universal free advertising. Scruff offered free online advertising to selected nonprofit organizations. Grindr and Manhunt offered reduced, but widely varying, pricing for nonprofit advertisers. More than half (60%, 26/43) of newly diagnosed MSM reported meeting sexual partners online in the 12 months prior to their diagnosis. Opportunities for public health agencies to promote HIV-related health messaging on these sites were limited. Partnering with hookup sites to reach high-risk MSM for HIV prevention and treatment messaging is an important public health opportunity for reducing disease transmission risks in Rhode Island and across the United States.
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