Correlates of unprotected anal sex among men who have sex with men in Tijuana, Mexico

BMC Public Health

Research Article

Adriana Vargas-Ojeda¹  Shirley J Semple²  Thomas L Patterson²  Steffanie A Strathdee³  Remedios Lozada⁴  Sergio Barrón-Limón⁵ 

[1] Autonomous University of Baja California, Tijuana, Mexico;Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA;Division of Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA;Ministry of Health, State of Baja California, Tijuana, Mexico;National Center for the Prevention of HIV & AIDS (CENSIDA), Mexico City, Mexico;

关键词: Men who have sex with men;    HIV risk behaviors;    Unprotected anal intercourse;    Mexico;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-12-433

 received in 2012-03-26, accepted in 2012-06-13,  发布年份 2012

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundAlthough men who have sex with men (MSM) are disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS in Mexico, data on current risk behaviors in this population are lacking. This study investigated the prevalence and correlates of unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) in a sample of 260 MSM in Tijuana, Mexico.MethodsIn June 2010, men attending a gay pride celebration were invited to complete a sexual risk survey. Men who reported UAI with a male partner in the past year were compared with men who reported only protected anal sex during the same period.ResultsMean age of participants was 29.7; 54% had a high school diploma or less; and 43% were unemployed. In the past year, 55% had been tested for HIV, 21% reported using illicit drugs before or during sex, and 94% had sex only with men. Overall, 50% reported having UAI with another male in the past year. Factors independently associated with UAI in the past year were unemployment (AOR = 1.87), attending adult movie theaters (AOR = 2.21), using illicit drugs before or during sex (AOR = 2.43), and not having a recent HIV test (AOR = 1.85).ConclusionsInterventions to promote HIV testing and condom use among men who have sex with men may want to consider venue-specific approaches, as well as focus on drug-use issues in the context of unsafe sex.

【 授权许可】

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© Barron- Limon et al. 2012. 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.