High prevalence of sexual concurrency and concurrent unprotected anal intercourse across racial/ethnic groups among a national, Web-based study of men who have sex with men in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Men who have sex with men (MSM) are the largest human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk group in the United States. Sexual concurrency may contribute to high HIV incidence or to racial/ethnic HIV disparities among MSM. Limited information is available on concurrency and racial/ethnic differences among MSM or on the extent to which MSM engage in concurrent unprotected anal intercourse (UAI).

Methods

Data are from baseline responses in a prospective online study of MSM aged 18 years or older, having 1 or more male sex partners in the past 12 months, and recruited from social networking Web sites. Pairwise sexual concurrency and UAI in the previous 6 months among up to 5 recent partners was measured, using an interactive questionnaire. Period prevalences of concurren

SUBMITTER: Rosenberg ES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3457013 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature