Correlates of concurrent partnerships and patterns of condom use among men who have sex with men and transgender women in Peru.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Peru, there is an ongoing high-incidence HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women (TW). Sexual concurrency, or having sex with a partner in between two acts of sex with another partner, may be a key factor in onward HIV transmission. In this study, we quantify concurrency, evaluate factors associated with concurrency, and assess condom use with concurrent partners among MSM and TW in Peru.

Methods

We conducted a secondary analysis of data from the 2011 Peruvian Biobehavioral Survey. Pearson's Chi-squared test was used to identify individual-level characteristics associated with concurrency. We estimated the association between participant characteristics, concurrent partnerships, partnership type (stable vs. non-stable), and CLAI

SUBMITTER: Ulrich AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6746369 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature