Predictors of high risk sexual behaviour in gay and bisexual men

Based on the minority stress model, this study examines the impact of general and gay-specific childhood teasing on adult high-risk sexual behaviour among gay and bisexual men, mediated by depression and social anxiety. High-risk sexual behaviour was operationalized as the number of acts of unprotected anal intercourse with a partner of opposite or unknown HIV status, and also as the number of partners of opposite or unknown HIV status with whom an individual engaged in unprotected anal intercourse. Depression, social anxiety, and retrospective self-report of childhood teasing were measured at baseline, and sexual behaviour was measured at 6-month follow-up. Results indicate that gay-specific teasing, but not general teasing, was indirectly associated with number of high-risk sex acts via depression. Additionally, both types of teasing were directly associated with number of high-risk sex partners after accounting for depression and social anxiety.

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Impact of victimization during youth on adult high-risk sexual behaviour among gay and bisexual men

10.32920/ryerson.14652009 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Tyler G. Tulloch

Keyword(s):

High Risk ◽

Social Anxiety ◽

Sexual Behaviour ◽

Gay And Bisexual Men ◽

Anal Intercourse ◽

Unprotected Anal Intercourse ◽

Bisexual Men ◽

High Risk Sexual Behaviour ◽

And Bisexual ◽

Risk Sexual Behaviour

Based on the minority stress model, this study examines the impact of general and gay-specific childhood teasing on adult high-risk sexual behaviour among gay and bisexual men, mediated by depression and social anxiety. High-risk sexual behaviour was operationalized as the number of acts of unprotected anal intercourse with a partner of opposite or unknown HIV status, and also as the number of partners of opposite or unknown HIV status with whom an individual engaged in unprotected anal intercourse. Depression, social anxiety, and retrospective self-report of childhood teasing were measured at baseline, and sexual behaviour was measured at 6-month follow-up. Results indicate that gay-specific teasing, but not general teasing, was indirectly associated with number of high-risk sex acts via depression. Additionally, both types of teasing were directly associated with number of high-risk sex partners after accounting for depression and social anxiety.

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Analysis of herpes simplex virus 1 and 2 infection in women with high risk sexual behaviour in Mexico

International Journal of Epidemiology ◽

10.1093/ije/28.3.571 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 28 (3) ◽

pp. 571-576 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

C. J. Conde-Glez ◽

L. Juarez-Figueroa ◽

F. Uribe-Salas ◽

P. Hernandez-Nevarez ◽

D. S. Schmid ◽

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Keyword(s):

Herpes Simplex Virus ◽

Herpes Simplex ◽

High Risk ◽

Sexual Behaviour ◽

Herpes Simplex Virus 1 ◽

High Risk Sexual Behaviour ◽

Risk Sexual Behaviour ◽

Simplex Virus

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Cross-sectional study of sexual behaviour and health of gay and bisexual men in suburban Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: contrasts between sex venue and clinic attendees

Sexual Health ◽

10.1071/sh20196 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Catriona Ooi ◽

Basil Donovan ◽

David A. Lewis

Keyword(s):

Sexual Behaviour ◽

New South ◽

New South Wales ◽

Gay And Bisexual Men ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Bisexual Men ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

South Wales ◽

And Bisexual

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Double trouble: modelling the impact of low risk perception and high-risk sexual behaviour on chlamydia transmission

Journal of The Royal Society Interface ◽

10.1098/rsif.2017.0847 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 15 (141) ◽

pp. 20170847 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Daphne A. van Wees ◽

Chantal den Daas ◽

Mirjam E. E. Kretzschmar ◽

Janneke C. M. Heijne

Keyword(s):

Risk Perception ◽

High Risk ◽

Mathematical Models ◽

Sexual Behaviour ◽

Sexually Transmitted ◽

Pair Model ◽

High Risk Sexual Behaviour ◽

Testing Uptake ◽

Risk Sexual Behaviour ◽

The Impact

Risk perception plays an important role in testing behaviour for sexually transmitted infections, but is rarely included in mathematical models exploring the impact of testing. We explored the impact of incorporating sexual behaviour (SB), risk perception (RP) and differential testing uptake in SB–RP groups on prevalence, using chlamydia as an example. We developed a pair model with a susceptible–infected–susceptible structure representing heterosexuals aged 16–26 years. The effect of testing on chlamydia prevalence was compared between a model with only SB (SB model) and a model with SB and RP (SB–RP model). In the SB–RP model, a scenario without differential testing uptake in SB–RP groups was compared to scenarios with differential testing uptake in SB–RP groups. Introducing testing into the SB–RP model resulted in a slightly smaller reduction in chlamydia prevalence (−38.0%) as compared to the SB model (−40.4%). In the SB–RP model, the scenario without differential testing uptake in SB–RP groups overestimated the reduction in chlamydia prevalence (with 4.8%), especially in the group with high SB and low RP (19.8%). We conclude that mathematical models incorporating RP and differential testing uptake in SB–RP groups improve the impact assessment of testing and treatment on chlamydia prevalence.

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