Prevalence and correlates of unprotected anal intercourse among Hong Kong men who have sex with men traveling to Shenzhen, China

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1395-1405

  Lau, Joseph T F ^a,b   Cai, Wende ^c   Tsui, Hi Yi ^a   Cheng, Jinquan ^c   Chen, Lin ^c   Choi, Kai C ^a   Lin, Chunqing ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHENZHEN CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

China; HIV AIDS; Men who have sex with men; Mobility; Unprotected anal intercourse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TRAVEL; UNSAFE SEX; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CHINA; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRAVEL; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880712281     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0244-8     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Arroyo MA, Phanuphak N, Krasaesub S, et al. HIV type 1 molecular epidemiology among high-risk clients attending the Thai Red Cross Anonymous Clinic in Bangkok, Thailand. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2010;26(1):5-12.
2. Brahmam GN, Kodavalla V, Rajkumar H, et al. Sexual practices, HIV and sexually transmitted infections among self-identified men who have sex with men in four high HIV prevalence states of India. AIDS. 2008;22(Suppl 5):S45-57.
3. Khanani MR, Somani M, Rehmani SS, Veras NM, Salemi M, Ali SH. The spread of HIV in Pakistan: bridging of the epidemic between populations. PLoS One. 2011;6(7):e22449.
4. Wu Y, Yan H, Qu W, et al. Survey of HIV infection among MSM in Beijing from 2001 to 2010 and exploration of models of integrated interventions. Chin J AIDS STD. 2011;17(4):407-9. [Chinese].
5. Chengdu Gay Care Organization. Chengdu gay care organization annual report 2010. Chengdu: Chengdu Gay Care Organization, Chengdu: Author; 2011.
6. Ding X, Eng L, Lu R, et al. Analysis on sexual behavior, prevalence of HIV and syphilis among male homosexual from 2006 to 2009 in Chongqing. J Trop Med. 2011;11(6):689-92. [Chinese].
7. Essuon AD, Simmons DS, Stephens TT, Richter D, Lindley LL, Braithwaite RL. Transient populations: linking HIV, migrant workers, and South African male inmates. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2009;20(Suppl 2):40-52.
8. Saggurti N, Schensul SL, Verma RK. Mobility and sexual risk behavior in Mumbai, India: mobile men with non-residential wife show increased risk. AIDS Behav. 2009;13(5):921-7.
9. Wong FY, Huang ZJ, He N, et al. HIV risks among gay- and non-gay-identified migrant money boys in Shanghai, China. AIDS Care. 2008;20(2):170-80.
10. Deiss RG, Brouwer KC, Loza O, et al. High-risk sexual and drug using behaviors among male injection drug users who have sex with men in 2 Mexico-US border cities. Sex Transm Dis. 2008;35(3):243-9.
11. Lau JT, Kim JH, Lau M, Tsui HY. Prevalence and risk behaviors of Hong Kong males who seek cross-border same-sex partners in mainland China. Sex Transm Dis. 2004;31(9):568-74.
12. Benotsch EG, Seeley S, Mikytuck JJ, Pinkerton SD, Nettles CD, Ragsdale K. Substance use, medications for sexual facilitation, and sexual risk behavior among traveling men who have sex with men. Sex Transm Dis. 2006;33(12):706-11.
13. Lau JT, Cai WD, Tsui HY, Chen L, Cheng JQ. Psychosocial factors in association with condom use during commercial sex among migrant male sex workers living in Shenzhen, mainland China who serve cross-border Hong Kong male clients. AIDS Behav. 2009;13(5):939-48.
14. Darrow WW, Biersteker S, Geiss T, et al. Risky sexual behaviors associated with recreational drug use among men who have sex with men in an international resort area: challenges and opportunities. J Urban Health. 2005;82(4):601-9.
15. Feng TJ, Liu XL, Cai YM, et al. Prevalence of syphilis and human immunodeficiency virus infections among men who have sex with men in Shenzhen, China: 2005 to 2007. Sex Transm Dis. 2008;35(12):1022-4.
16. Special Preventive Programme. In: PRiSM-HIV prevalence and risk behavioural survey of men who have sex with men in Hong Kong 2008. Centre for Health Protection, Department of Health, HKSAR; July 2009. http://www.chp.gov. hk/files/pdf/g213.pdf. Accessed 1 Feb 2012.
17. Lau JTF, Choi KC, Tsui HY, Su XY. Associations between stigmatization toward HIV-related vulnerable groups and similar attitudes toward people living with HIV/AIDS - branches of the same tree? AIDS Care. 2007;19(10):1230-40.
18. UNAIDS. In: Fact sheet on stigma and discrimination (December 2003). http://data.unaids.org/Publications/Fact-sheets03/fs-stigma-discrimination-en. pdf?preview-true. Accessed 2 Feb 2 2009.
19. Liu H, Liu H, Cai Y, Rhodes AG, Hong F. Money boys, HIV risks, and the associations between norms and safer sex: a respondent-driven sampling study in Shenzhen, China. AIDS Behav. 2009;13(4):652-62.
20. Gu J, Chen H, Chen X, et al. Severity of drug dependence, economic pressure and HIV-related risk behaviors among non-institutionalized female injecting drug users who are also sex workers in China. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2008;97(3):257-67.
21. Ruan S, Yang H, Zhu Y, et al. HIV prevalence and correlates of unprotected anal intercourse among men who have sex with men, Jinan, China. AIDS Behav. 2008;12(3):469-75.
22. Choi KH, Hudes ES, Steward WT. Social discrimination, concurrent sexual partnerships, and HIV risk among men who have sex with men in Shanghai, China. AIDS Behav. 2008;12(Suppl 4):s71-7.
23. Yang H, Hao C, Huan X, et al. HIV incidence and associated factors in a cohort of men who have sex with men in Nanjing, China. Sex Transm Dis. 2010;37(4):208-13.
24. Wang M, Wang XF, Duan Y. Analysis of historical behavioral data related to HIV from China-UK integrated program on STDs/HIV. Soft Sci Health. 2006;20:185-90. [Chinese].
25. Hong FC, Zhou H, Cai YM, et al. Prevalence of syphilis and HIV infections among men who have sex with men from different settings in Shenzhen, China: implications for HIV/STD surveillance. Sex Transm Infect. 2009;85(1):42-4.
26. Wu Z, Sun X, Sullivan S, Detels R. HIV testing in China - active testing for HIV among high-risk groups. Science. 2006;312(5779):1475-6.
27. Crosby R, Yarber WL, Sanders SA, Graham CA, Arno JN. Slips, breaks and 'falls': condom errors and problems reported by men attending an STD clinic. Int J STD AIDS. 2008;19(2):90-3.
28. Zou H, Xue H, Wang X, Lu D. Condom use in China: prevalence, policies, issues and barriers. Sex Health. 2012;9(1):27-33.
29. Klein H. Sexual orientation, drug use preference during sex, and HIV risk practices and preferences among men who specifically seek unprotected sex partners via the internet. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2009;6(5):1620-35.
30. Green LW, Poland BD, Rootman I. The settings approach to health promotion. In: Green LW, Poland BD, Rootman I, editors. Settings for health promotion: linking theory and practice. Thousand Oaks: Sage; 2000. p. 1-43.
31. Rogers RW. Cognitive and physiological processes in fear appeals and attitude change: a revised theory of protection motivation. In: Cacioppo J, Petty R, editors. Social psychophysiology. New York: Guilford Press; 1983. p. 153-76.
32. Rosenstock IM, Stretcher VJ, Becker MH. The health belief model and HIV risk behavior change. In: DiClemente RJ, Peterson JL, editors. Preventing AIDS: theories and methods of behavioral interventions. New York: Plenum Press; 1994. p. 5-25.
33. Gerrard M, Gibbons FX, Bushman B. Relation between perceived vulnerability to HIV and precautionary sexual behavior. Psychol Bull. 1996;119(3):390-409.
34. Koblin BA, Chesney MA, Husnik MJ, et al. High-risk behaviors among men who have sex with men in 6 US cities: baseline data from the EXPLORE study. Am J Public Health. 2003;93(6):926-32.
35. Martin JL. Drug use and unprotected anal intercourse among gay men. Health Psychol. 1990;9(4):450-65.
36. Ajzen I. From intentions to actions: A theory of planned behavior. In: Kuhl J, Beckman J, editors. Action-control: from cognition to behavior. Heidelberg: Springer; 1985. p. 11-39.
37. Kok G, Hospers HJ, Harterink P, De Zwart O. Social-cognitive determinants of HIV risk-taking intentions among men who date men through the internet. AIDS Care. 2007;19(3):410-7.
38. Janepanish P, Dancy BL, Park C. Consistent condom use among Thai heterosexual adult males in Bangkok, Thailand. AIDS Care. 2011;23(4):460-6.
39. Tobin KE, German D, Spikes P, Patterson J, Latkin C. A comparison of the social and sexual networks of crack-using and non-crack using African American men who have sex with men. J Urban Health. 2011;88(6):1052-62.
40. Semple SJ, Strathdee SA, Zians J, Patterson TL. Social and behavioral characteristics of HIV-positive MSM who trade sex for methamphetamine. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2010;36(6):325-31.