Sex workers and their clients among australian gay and bisexual men

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1293-1301

  Prestage, Garrett ^a,b   Jin, Fengyi ^a   Bavinton, Benjamin ^a   Hurley, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gay men; HIV; Men who have sex with men; Sex work; Sexual behavior; Sexual risk; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BISEXUALITY; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BISEXUALITY; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84902269592     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: 15733254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-014-0755-6     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. The Kirby Institute. HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmissible infections in Australia Annual Surveillance Report 2013. The Kirby Institute, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
2. Rissel CE, Richters J, Grulich AE, de Visser RO, Smith AMA. Sex in Australia: experiences of commercial sex in a representative sample of adults. Aust N Z J Public Health. 2003;27:191-7.
3. Prestage GP, Mao L, Grulich AE, Jin F, Kaldor J, Kippax S. Sex work and risk behaviour among HIV-negative gay men. AIDS Care. 2007;19:931-4.
4. Minichiello V, Mariño R, Browne J, Jamieson M, Peterson K, Reuter B, Robinson K. Male sex workers in three Australian cities: socio-demographic and sex work characteristics. J Homosex. 2002;42:29-51.
5. Sethi C, Holden BM, Gaffney J, Greene L, Ghani AC, Ward H. HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and risk behaviours in male sex workers in London over a 10 year period. Sex Transm Infect. 2006;82:359-63.
6. Koken JA, Parsons JT, Severino J, Bimbi DS. Exploring commercial sex encounters in an urban community sample of gay and bisexual men a preliminary report. J Psychol Human Sex. 2005;17:197-213.
7. Belza MJ, EPI-VIH Study Group. Risk of HIV infection among male sex workers in Spain. Sex Transm Infect. 2005;81:85-8.
8. Timpson SC, Ross MW, Williams ML, Atkinson J. Characteristics, drug use, and sex partners of a sample of male sex workers. Am J Drug Alcohol Abus. 2007;33:63-9.
9. Halkitis PN, Green KA, Mourgues P. Longitudinal investigation of methamphetamine use among gay and bisexual men in New York City: findings from Project BUMPS. J Urban Health. 2005;82(1 Suppl 1):i18-25.
10. Clatts MC, Goldsamt LA, Yi H. Drug and sexual risk in four men who have sex with men populations: evidence for a sustained HIV epidemic in New York City. J Urban Health. 2005;82(Suppl. 1):i9-17.
11. Perkins R, Bennett G. Being a prostitute: prostitute women and prostitute men. Sydney: George Allen and Unwin; 1985.
12. Weber AE, Kraib KJP, Chan K, Martindale S, Miller ML, Schechter MT, Hogg RS. Sex trade involvement and rates of human immunodeficiency virus positivity among young gay and bisexual men. Int J Epidemiol. 2001;30:1449-54.
13. Johnson A, Wadsworth J, Wellings K, Field J. Sexual attitudes and lifestyles. Oxford: Blackwell; 1994.
14. Van Der Snoek E, De Wit J, Gotz H, Mulder P, Van'T Hof A, Verkooyen R, Van Der Meijden W. Demographics, sexual behaviour and STD/HIV prevalence in two groups of men who have sex with men, in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Acta Derm Venereol. 2004;2004(84):145-50.
15. Aggleton P, editor. Men who sell sex. International perspectives on male prostitution and HIV/AIDS. London: UCL Press; 1999.
16. Hurley M, Prestage GP. Intensive sex partying amongst gay men in Sydney. Cult Health Sex. 2009;11:597-610.
17. Prestage G. Male and transsexual prostitution. In: Perkins R, Prestage G, Sharp R, Lovejoy F, editors. Sex work and sex workers in Australia. Sydney: UNSW Press; 1994.
18. Sagarin E., Jolly RJ. Prostitution: profession and pathology. In: Schlesinger LB, Revitch ER, editors. Sexual dynamics of anti-social behavior, 2nd ed. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas; 1997. pp. 9-30.
19. McCabe I, Acree M, O'Mahony F, McCabe J, Kenny J, Twyford J, Quigley K, McGlanaghy E. Male street prostitution in Dublin: a psychological analysis. J Homosex. 2011;58:998-1021.
20. West DJ, de Villiers B. Male prostitution. New York: Harrington Park Press; 1993.
21. Browne J, Minichiello V. The social meanings behind male sex work: implications for sexual interactions. Br J Sociol. 1995;46:598-622.
22. Minichiello V, Mariño R, Browne J, Jamieson M, Peterson K, Reuter B, Robinson K. A profile of the clients of male sex workers in three Australian cities. Aust N Z J Public Health. 1999;23:511-8.
23. Morse EV, Simon PM, Balson PM, Osofsky HJ. Sexual behaviour patterns of customers of male street prostitutes. Arch Sex Behav. 1992;21:347-57.
24. Prestage G, Down IA, Bradley J, McCann PD, Brown G, Jin F, Hurley M. Is optimism enough? Gay men's beliefs about HIV and their perspectives on risk and pleasure. Sex Transm Dis. 2012;39:167-72.
25. Rosenberg M. Conceiving the self. New York: Basic Books; 1979.
26. Kalichman SC, Johnson JR, Adair V, Rompa D, Multhouf K, Kelly JA. Sexual sensation seeking: scale development and predicting AIDS-risk behavior among homosexually active men. J Pers Assess. 1994;62:385-97.
27. Mao L, Crawford J, Van De Ven P, Prestage G, Grulich A, Kaldor J, Kippax S. Differences between men who report frequent, occasional or no unprotected anal intercourse with casual partners among a cohort of HIV-seronegative gay men in Sydney, Australia. AIDS Care. 2006;18:942-51.
28. Detrie PM, Lease SH. The relation of social support, connectedness, and collective self-esteem to the psychological well-being of lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth. J Homosex. 2007;53:173-99.
29. Zablotska IB, Holt M, Prestage GP. Changes in gay men's participation in gay community life: implications for HIV surveillance and research. AIDS Behav. 2012;16:669-75.
30. Prestage GP, Mao L, McGuigan D, Crawford J, Kippax S, Kaldor J, Grulich AE. HIV risk and communication between regular partners in a cohort of HIV-negative gay men. AIDS Care. 2006;18:166-72.