Predictors of Past-Year Health Care Utilization Among Young Men Who Have Sex with Men Using Andersen's Behavioral Model of Health Service Use.

ABSTRACT: Purpose: This study examined factors associated with past-year health care utilization among young gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (YMSM) using Andersen's behavioral model of health service use. Methods: From 2018 to 2020, 751 YMSM (aged 13-18) recruited online and offline for the MyPEEPS mHealth HIV prevention study completed an online survey. Hierarchical logistic regression models assessed associations between past-year health care utilization (i.e., routine checkup) and predisposing (parental education, race/ethnicity, age, and internalized homonegativity), enabling (health literacy, health care facility type, U.S. Census Divisions), and need factors (ever testing for HIV). Results: The sample included 31.8% Hispanic, 23.9% W

SUBMITTER: Diaz JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9587774 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature