National trends in sexual health indicators among gay and bisexual men disaggregated by ethnicity: repeated cross-sectional behavioural surveillance in New Zealand.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess trends in sexual health outcomes among men who have sex with men (MSM) disaggregated by ethnicity.

Design

Repeated cross-sectional.

Setting

Behavioural surveillance data from 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2014 were collected in-person and online across Aotearoa New Zealand.

Participants

Eligible participants were self-identified men aged 16 years or older who reported sex with another man in the past 5 years. We classified 10 525 participants' ethnicities: Asian (n=1003, 9.8%), Māori (Indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand, n=1058, 10.3%), Pacific (n=424, 4.1%) and European (n=7867, 76.8%).

Outcome measures

The sexual health outcomes examined were >20 recent (past 6 months) male sexual partners, past-year sexually transmitted infection (ST

SUBMITTER: Lachowsky NJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7674106 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature