Contact with HIV prevention services highest in gay and bisexual men at greatest risk: cross-sectional survey in Scotland.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Men who have sex with men (MSM) remain the group most at risk of acquiring HIV in the UK and new HIV prevention strategies are needed. In this paper, we examine what contact MSM currently have with HIV prevention activities and assess the extent to which these could be utilised further.

Methods

Anonymous, self-complete questionnaires and Orasure™ oral fluid collection kits were distributed to men visiting the commercial gay scenes in Glasgow and Edinburgh in April/May 2008. 1508 men completed questionnaires (70.5% response rate) and 1277 provided oral fluid samples (59.7% response rate); 1318 men were eligible for inclusion in the analyses.

Results

82.5% reported some contact with HIV prevention activities in the past 12 months, 73.1% obtained free condoms

SUBMITTER: McDaid LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3022866 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature