Epidemiological study on the status of HIV/STDs and relative behaviors among MSM in Beijing / 中华流行病学杂志
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
; (12): 851-855, 2007.
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ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To understand the infected status of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), sexually transmitted disease (STD) and relative risk behaviors of men who have sex with men (MSM) in Beijing.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) was adopted to recruit target population and to conduct behavior and serological studies among MSM. RDSAT 5.5 was used to analyze data.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Among 427 MSM, the age distribution was as follows: below 30 and less than 35 were 65.4% and 81.0% respectively. 69.2% (95% CI: 63.9-75.5) of them had 12 years or less of education. 73.3% (95% CI: 66.7-79.8) of them were non-Beijing registered residents. The urban and rural registered residents almost accounted for half of all the recruits. HIV positive rate was 4.6% (95% CI: 2.2-7.6) while 56.3% (95% CI: 50.9-62.5) of them reported having had bisexual sex preference. Only 14.8% (95% CI: 10.8-19.6) of them had ever had HIV test, while 22.8% (95% CI: 18.7-27.8) reported ever having had STDs. 55.3% (95% CI: 49.3-61.9) and 55.1% (95% CI: 48.7-61.3) of them had unprotected insert and receptive anal sex over the last 6 months.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Data from the HIV positive rate showed that there was a trend of increase among MSM in Beijing which called for urgent care to them.</p>
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Main subject:
Risk-Taking
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Urban Population
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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Epidemiologic Studies
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HIV Infections
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China
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Epidemiology
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Homosexuality, Male
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Unsafe Sex
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
Aspects:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Zh
Journal:
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
Year:
2007
Document type:
Article