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HIV risk perception among HIV negative or status-unknown men who have sex with men in China.
| Content Provider | Europe PMC |
|---|---|
| Author | Fan, Wensheng Yin, Lu Qian, Han-Zhu Li, Dongliang Shao, Yiming Vermund, Sten H. Ruan, Yuhua Zhang, Zheng |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Abstract | Objective. To evaluate HIV risk perception and its associated factors among Chinese MSM. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted among MSM with an HIV negative or unknown status in Beijing, China, between 2011 and 2012. A questionnaire interview was conducted and a blood sample was collected for HIV and syphilis testing. Results. Of 887 MSM who reported they were HIV negative or did not know their HIV status before recruitment, only 7.3% reported a high risk of HIV infection, 28.0% medium risk, 52.2% low risk, and 12.5% no risk. In multivariate logistic regression models using those who reported a medium self-perceived risk as a reference group, self-reported high risk of HIV perception was associated with minority ethnicity (odds ratio [OR]: 2.91; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.03–8.19), self-reported history of sexually transmitted diseases (OR: 2.27; 95% CI: 1.25–4.10), and HIV testing times since the last HIV testing (OR: 0.47; 95% CI: 0.26–0.84); low self-perceived risk of HIV infection was related to full-time employment (OR: 1.58; 95% CI: 1.15–2.18) and illicit drug use (OR: 0.28; 95% CI: 0.10–0.75). Conclusions. The HIV/AIDS epidemic is rapidly rising among Beijing MSM, but more than half MSM did not perceive this risk. |
| ISSN | 23146133 |
| Journal | Biomed Research International |
| Volume Number | 2014 |
| PubMed Central reference number | PMC3985141 |
| PubMed reference number | 24795880 |
| e-ISSN | 23146141 |
| DOI | 10.1155/2014/232451 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Hindawi |
| Publisher Date | 2014-03-30 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Copyright © 2014 Wensheng Fan et al. |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Immunology and Microbiology Medicine Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology |
