Exploring the role of sex-seeking apps and websites in the social and sexual lives of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men: A cross-sectional study

Sexual Health

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 229-237

  Card, Kiffer G ^a,b   Lachowsky, Nathan J ^a,d   Cui, Zishan ^a   Shurgold, Susan ^a   Gislason, Maya ^b   Forrest, Jamie I ^c   Rich, Ashleigh J ^a,c   Moore, David ^a,c   Roth, Eric ^a,d   Hogg, Robert S ^a,b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIV AIDS   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

community; gay men; HIV AIDS; Internet; sexual health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BISEXUAL MALE; CANADA; COLLEGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FRIEND; HOMOSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INTERNET; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; NONHUMAN; ODDS RATIO; SAFE SEX; SAMPLING; SENSATION SEEKING; SEXUAL HEALTH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MOBILE APPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITY; SEXUALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITIES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85020278271     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: 14498987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH16150     Document Type: Article

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