TY - JOUR
T1 - Epidemiology of sexual health in the virtual environment
T2 - A multinational online survey of Spanish- and portuguese-speaking men who use an internet sexual networking site
AU - Biello, Katie B.
AU - Rosenberger, Joshua G.
AU - Novak, David S.
AU - Robertson, Angela M.
AU - Mayer, Kenneth H.
AU - Mimiaga, Matthew J.
PY - 2014/9
Y1 - 2014/9
N2 - There is limited data on the sexual health of users of sexual networking websites for men who have sex with men (MSM) in Latin America. Members of a MSM-targeted social/sexual networking website in Latin America, Spain, and Portugal participated in an online sexual health survey. Among 36,063 respondents, nearly 90 % reported having anal or vaginal intercourse in the past 3 months. Among sexually active men, 53.2 % used condoms inconsistently. In the past year, 54 % of respondents reported undergoing sexually transmitted infections (STI) testing and 67 % reported testing yearly or more often for HIV. Self-reported HIV prevalence was 9.1 %. Differences were seen by geographic region. Unprotected intercourse with partners of different or unknown HIV status was associated with recent STI diagnosis (OR = 1.83, t = 13.15, d.f. = 21, p <.001) and HIV diagnosis (OR = 2.20, t = 14.00, d.f. = 21, p <.001). Online surveys are a promising tool for HIV/STI surveillance and prevention internationally to reach an important subset of MSM.
AB - There is limited data on the sexual health of users of sexual networking websites for men who have sex with men (MSM) in Latin America. Members of a MSM-targeted social/sexual networking website in Latin America, Spain, and Portugal participated in an online sexual health survey. Among 36,063 respondents, nearly 90 % reported having anal or vaginal intercourse in the past 3 months. Among sexually active men, 53.2 % used condoms inconsistently. In the past year, 54 % of respondents reported undergoing sexually transmitted infections (STI) testing and 67 % reported testing yearly or more often for HIV. Self-reported HIV prevalence was 9.1 %. Differences were seen by geographic region. Unprotected intercourse with partners of different or unknown HIV status was associated with recent STI diagnosis (OR = 1.83, t = 13.15, d.f. = 21, p <.001) and HIV diagnosis (OR = 2.20, t = 14.00, d.f. = 21, p <.001). Online surveys are a promising tool for HIV/STI surveillance and prevention internationally to reach an important subset of MSM.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10461-014-0844-6
DO - 10.1007/s10461-014-0844-6
M3 - Review article
C2 - 24980249
AN - SCOPUS:84906326799
SN - 1090-7165
VL - 18
SP - 1675
EP - 1685
JO - AIDS and Behavior
JF - AIDS and Behavior
IS - 9
ER -
