'Barebacking' in a diverse sample of men who have sex with men
'Barebacking' in a diverse sample of men who have sex with men
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DOI:
10.1097/00002030-200203080-00018
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发表时间:
2002-03-08
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影响因子:
3.8
通讯作者:
Buchbinder, S
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作者:
Mansergh, G;Marks, G;Buchbinder, S
Objectives: To assess the prevalence of and factors associated with 'barebacking' as a sociocultural phenomenon in a sample of HIV-positive and -negative men who have sex with men (MSM), and to assess the reasons for barebacking and venues for meeting partners.Design: A cross-sectional survey of MSM recruited in the San Francisco Bay Area from July 2000 to February 2001.Methods: Barebacking, defined as 'intentional anal sex without a condom with someone other than a primary partner', was assessed among men who had heard of the term. Participants were recruited outside multiple venues and interviewed later at community locations. Chi-square and multivariate logistic regression were used for analysis.Results: The sample in = 554) of MSM were African-American (28%), Latino (27%), white (31%) and other race/ethnicity (14%); 35% reported being HIV-positive. Seventy per cent of the men had heard of barebacking. Among men aware of the term, 14% had barebacked in the past 2 years (22% of HIV-positive versus 10% of HIV-negative men, P < 0.001); 10% of the full sample did so. The prevalence of barebacking did not differ by race/ethnicity or sexual orientation identification. Men tended to report bareback partners who had the same HIV serostatus; however, a sizeable proportion of men had partners of different or unknown serostatus. Increased physical stimulation and emotional connectedness were the primary reasons for barebacking.Conclusion: New approaches are needed to reduce bareback behavior and the risk of HIV transmission, including innovative health-promoting behavioral and biomedical interventions. (C) 2002 Lippincott Williams Wilkins.