A relative profile of HIV-negative users of French websites for men seeking men and predictors of their regular risk taking: a comparison with HIV-positive users

Autor: Annie Velter, Marie-Claude Drouin, Alain Léobon, Kim Engler, Joanne Otis
Přispěvatelé: Espaces et Sociétés (ESO), Institut de Géographie et d'Aménagement Régional de l'Université de Nantes (IGARUN), Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Rennes 2 (UR2), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-AGROCAMPUS OUEST, Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Université d'Angers (UA)-Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Le Mans Université (UM), Centre de recherche en épidémiologie et santé des populations (CESP), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Hôpital Paul Brousse-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Center [Montreal] (MUHC), Université du Québec à Montréal = University of Québec in Montréal (UQAM), Le Mans Université (UM)-Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université d'Angers (UA)-AGROCAMPUS OUEST-Université de Rennes 2 (UR2), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Géographie et d'Aménagement Régional de l'Université de Nantes (IGARUN), Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN)
Rok vydání: 2011
Předmět:
Adult
Male
Health (social science)
Social Psychology
Casual
Adolescent
media_common.quotation_subject
sexual risk behaviour
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Human sexuality
Internet survey
medicine.disease_cause
Men who have sex with men
Pleasure
Odds
03 medical and health sciences
Young Adult
0302 clinical medicine
Risk-Taking
Risk Factors
HIV Seronegativity
HIV Seropositivity
medicine
Humans
MSM
030212 general & internal medicine
Seroconversion
Homosexuality
Male
media_common
Internet
[SHS.SOCIO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Sociology
030505 public health
Unsafe Sex
business.industry
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health
HIV
virus diseases
Middle Aged
Socioeconomic Factors
Geographic Information Systems
Hiv status
France
0305 other medical science
business
Social psychology
Demography
Zdroj: AIDS Care
AIDS Care, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2011, 23 (1), pp.25-34
ISSN: 1360-0451
0954-0121
Popis: International audience; The Net Gay Barometre is a biennial survey among users of France's most popular websites for men who have sex with men (MSM). Given the recent increases in HIV infection and sexual risk practices among French MSM, this study aims to: (1) create a socio-sexual profile of HIV-negative men (HIV-); (2) identify predictors of regular unprotected anal intercourse (RUAI) in this group, and responding to a call for stratifying analyses of online samples of MSM by HIV status; and (3) perform the former two aims by comparing HIV- men with HIV-positive men (HIV+). Statistical analyses were conducted with 11,771 HIV- men and 2130 HIV+ men who completed the online survey between December 2008 and March 2009. Regarding the first aim, fewer HIV- men, relative to HIV+ men, were exposed to factors conducive to sexually transmitted infection; in the previous 12 months, smaller proportions of this group had gone to venues where sexual encounters were possible, engaged in an esoteric sexual activity, had a high number of casual partners, and practiced unprotected anal sex, RUAI or barebacking. However, multivariate regression analyses identifying predictors of RUAI in each group revealed common predictors: sensation-seeking, esoteric activities, oral contact with sperm, and barebacking (in a couple), although odds were generally higher in HIV+ men. Our findings raise the possibility of a sexual culture accentuating pleasure and adventurism that may gain in amplitude once seroconversion takes place.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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