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HIV Risk and the Internet: Results of the Men’s INTernet Sex (MINTS) Study

verfasst von: B. R. Simon Rosser, Michael H. Miner, Walter O. Bockting, Michael W. Ross, Joseph Konstan, Laura Gurak, Jeffrey Stanton, Weston Edwards, Scott Jacoby, Alex Carballo-Diéguez, Rafael Mazin, Eli Coleman

Erschienen in: AIDS and Behavior | Ausgabe 4/2009

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Abstract

This study assessed the feasibility of online recruitment of high-risk Latino men who have sex with men (MSM) for HIV prevention survey research and investigated the relationship between Internet use and unsafe sex. Participants (N = 1,026) were Internet-using Latino MSM living in the U.S. recruited using online banner advertisements. Respondents completed a cross-sectional, online survey in English or Spanish. Sample characteristics reflected national statistics within 5%. Nearly all (99%) reported having used the Internet to seek sex with another man. Two-thirds of respondents reported having unprotected anal sex with ≥1 man in the last year, 57% of these with multiple partners. Participants reported engaging in anal sex and unprotected anal sex with nearly twice as many men first met online versus offline, but risk proportions did not differ. Internet-based HIV prevention research is possible even with geographically-dispersed minority populations. Efficiency appears the primary risk associated with meeting partners online.

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Titel: HIV Risk and the Internet: Results of the Men’s INTernet Sex (MINTS) Study
verfasst von: B. R. Simon Rosser
Michael H. Miner
Walter O. Bockting
Michael W. Ross
Joseph Konstan
Laura Gurak
Jeffrey Stanton
Weston Edwards
Scott Jacoby
Alex Carballo-Diéguez
Rafael Mazin
Eli Coleman
Publikationsdatum: 01.08.2009
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: AIDS and Behavior / Ausgabe 4/2009
Print ISSN: 1090-7165
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-3254
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-008-9399-8

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