Trends in Internet Use Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Internet-based platforms are increasingly prominent interfaces for social and sexual networking among men who have sex with men (MSM).

Methods

MSM were recruited through venue-based sampling in 2008, 2011, and 2014 in 20 US cities. We examined changes in internet use (IU) to meet men and in meeting the last partner online among MSM from 2008 to 2014 using Poisson regression with generalized estimating equations to calculate adjusted prevalence ratios (APRs). We also examined factors associated with increased frequency of IU using data from 2014. IU was categorized as never, infrequent use (ResultsFrequent IU increased from 21% in 2008 to 44% in 2014 (APR = 1.39, 95% confidence interval: 1.36 to 1.42), and hav

SUBMITTER: Paz-Bailey G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5871925 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature