Transitions in sexual behaviour among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in England: Data from a prospective study.

ABSTRACT: The effectiveness of population-level intervention for HIV elimination is influenced by individual-level variation in sexual behaviour. We assess within-person changes in the frequency of condomless anal sex with two or more partners (CLS2+), estimate the transition probabilities and examine the predictors of transitions among a prospective cohort of HIV-negative gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM). Participants were recruited through one of three sexual health clinics in London and Brighton (July 2013 to April 2016) and self-completed a baseline paper questionnaire in the clinic. During follow-up, they were invited to complete four-monthly questionnaires twice a year and subsequent annual online questionnaires once a year (March 2015 to March 2018). We used Markov c

SUBMITTER: Hanum N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11878903 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature