Number of casual male sexual partners and associated factors among men who have sex with men: Results from the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance system

BMC Public Health

Research Article

Laura F Salazar¹  Eli S Rosenberg²  Patrick S Sullivan²  Elizabeth A DiNenno³  Travis H Sanchez³ 

[1] Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, USA;Department of Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA, USA;Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA;

关键词: Casual Partner;    Chat Room;    Partner Number;    Casual Male Partner;    Main Male Partner;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-11-189

 received in 2010-06-29, accepted in 2011-03-25,  发布年份 2011

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundIn 2006, the majority of new HIV infections were in MSM. We sought to describe numbers of casual sex partners among US MSM.MethodsData are from the first MSM cycle of the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance system, conducted from 2003 to 2005. Relationships between number of casual male sex partners within the previous year and demographic information, self-reported HIV status, and risk behaviors were determined through regression models.ResultsAmong 11,191 sexually active MSM, 76% reported a casual male partner. The median casual partner number was three. Lower number of casual partners was associated with black race, Hispanic ethnicity, and having a main sex partner in the previous year. Factors associated with a higher number included gay identity, exchange sex, both injection and non-injection drug use. Being HIV-positive was associated with more partners among non-blacks only. Age differences in partner number were seen only among chat room users.ConclusionsMSM who were black, Hispanic or had a main sex partner reported fewer casual sex partners. Our results suggest specific populations of MSM who may benefit most from interventions to reduce casual partner numbers.

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© Rosenberg et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2011. This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.