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HIV-related Sexual Risk Taking Among HIV-negative Men Who Have Sex with Men in Zagreb, Croatia
| Title: | HIV-related Sexual Risk Taking Among HIV-negative Men Who Have Sex with Men in Zagreb, Croatia |
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| Authors: | Štulhofer, Aleksandar, Baćak, Valerio, Božičević, Ivana, Begovac, Josip |
| Source: | AIDS and Behavior. 12:505-512 |
| Publisher Information: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2007. |
| Publication Year: | 2007 |
| Subject Terms: | Questionnaires, Adult, Male, Croatia, Sexual Behavior, HIV Infections, HIV Infections/transmission, Condoms, 03 medical and health sciences, Risk-Taking, 0302 clinical medicine, Catchment Area, Health, 5. Gender equality, HIV Seronegativity, Surveys and Questionnaires, Humans, Condom use, Homosexuality, Male, Catchment Area (Health), HIV, Croatia/epidemiology, 3. Good health, Men who have sex with men, Homosexuality, Male/statistics & numerical data, HIV Infections/epidemiology, Sexual risk taking, Condoms/utilization |
| Description: | Croatia has a low-level HIV epidemic and, as in a number of other Central and Southeastern European countries, sex between men accounts for most HIV infections. This study examines sexual behavior and the correlates of condom use in a snowball sample of 342 HIV non-infected men who have sex with men (MSM) in Zagreb. The median age of participants in the sample was 27 years. The majority of participants (81%) reported using condom at last anal sex with casual partner and 56% claimed to have used condoms consistently at anal sex with casual partners in the last 12 months. HIV risk self-assessment and number of sexual partners were significantly correlated with condom use at last anal sex with casual partner. Self-assessed HIV-risk and heterosexual activity were found associated with consistent condom use at anal sex with casual partners. To sustain a low-level HIV epidemic, targeted intervention among young MSM is needed in Croatia. |
| Document Type: | Article |
| File Description: | application/pdf |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1573-3254 1090-7165 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10461-007-9327-3 |
| Access URL: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17965929 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10461-007-9327-3/fulltext.html https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10461-007-9327-3 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17965929 https://www.researchwithrutgers.com/en/publications/hiv-related-sexual-risk-taking-among-hiv-negative-men-who-have-se https://europepmc.org/article/MED/17965929 https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs10461-007-9327-3.pdf |
| Rights: | Springer TDM URL: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
| Accession Number: | edsair.doi.dedup.....8f8b898bd5b36575a4f4a3c1d42a7599 |
| Database: | OpenAIRE |
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