[PDF] Top 20 Sexual Networks and HIV Risk among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men in 6 U.S. Cities.

... especially with enrollment caps on specific HIV status categories in the main study design and exclusion of referred partici- pants, might not be representative of all Black MSM ... See full document

... of risk factor assessment for HIV sero-conversion (Table 2), participants aged 17–24 years old saw the highest HIV incidence at ...Participants with an educa- tion background of junior high ... See full document

... (38%) and anal high-risk HPV (52%), both of which may enhance HIV susceptibility[9–11, 13], were much higher among HIV-negative MSM than previously described in the general ... See full document

... The HIV epidemic in men who have sex with men (MSM) continues to grow in most countries ...new HIV infections occur among MSM in both ... See full document

... of and views on clin- ical trials and their potential willingness to play a role in the operation of future HIV vaccine ...FHSPs in this study raise important implications for future ... See full document

... preliminary and there are several limitations in this ...found in venues during high traffic periods and thus the findings of this analysis may not reflect the experiences of all MSM ... See full document

... collection in both TLS and RDS study arms, informed consent was collected for each ...social and cultural context of respondents; behavioural data on sex practices; risk- reduction ... See full document

... of HIV among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Ghana is more than 15 times greater than the prevalence of HIV among adult males in the ... See full document

... groups who continue to provide front-line human rights advocacy and health services for MSM in Africa, often with very limited funding and significant personal ...Lesbians and ... See full document

... tors, sexual behavior, drug use, social context, network of contacts, healthcare, access to con- doms, previous HIV and syphilis testing and information on STIs was ...for HIV ... See full document

... sample with proportions closest to the RDS-derived population ...differed in the level of input required, as well as the value or utility of the data it ...used in the GPCS, is currently a ... See full document

... professionals in a separate and private ...specific risk reduction counseling was provided to each participant on HIV and other STIs (like increase in condom use/reducing number ... See full document

... to men who disclosed same-sex sexual behaviour, but did not identify themselves as gay or bisexual ...operationalised in many of the ...someone with whom the respondent has had ... See full document

... global HIV epidemic are prevention strategies that reduce transmission of the HIV ...use and reduction of sexual partners have been at the center of HIV ...prevention. In ... See full document

... MSM-targeted sexual health services have existed in South Africa since 2009 when the Anova Health Institute’s Health4Men programme was launched as a collaborative project with the Department ... See full document

... Volunteers in daily and intermittent groups reported a median ...1.4 and 0.7 sex acts per week by SMS, respectively, and a median 4 sex partners per month by timeline followback ... See full document

... factors in ex- plaining risk behaviors among ...partnership and familiarity with the RP were positively associated with perception of low possibility of being harmed by the RP, ... See full document

... novel in that they highlight the importance of childhood physical violence, over sexual abuse, as a predictor of HIV ...CSA and HIV risk behaviours among MSM have ... See full document

... of HIV-1 infections among MSM in Kuala Lumpur were linked to a cluster that may be associated with local and/or foreign MSM ...observed in present study could be due to ... See full document

... of HIV and syphilis among men who have sex with men (MSM) are major public health concerns worldwide and China is no exception ...rica and ... See full document