Bug Chasing and Gift Giving: The Potential for HIV Transmission Among Barebackers on the Internet

2006 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 490-503 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Grov ◽  
Jeffrey T. Parsons
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Transmission ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Gift Giving ◽  
Bug Chasing

Evidence of hiv transmission risk in barebacking men-who-have-sex-with-men: Cases from the internet

2005 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 73-83
Author(s):  
Alvin Dawson ◽  
Michael Ross ◽  
Doug Henry ◽  
Anne Freeman
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Transmission ◽  
Transmission Risk ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Sex With Men ◽  
Hiv Transmission Risk

Cookies, gift-giving, and the Internet

First Monday ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 4 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hillary Bays ◽  
Miranda Mowbray
Keyword(s):  
The Internet ◽  
Gift Giving

scholarly journals Men Who Have Sex With Men and Recruit Bareback Sex Partners on the Internet: Implications for STI and HIV Prevention and Client Education

2007 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 306-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher W. Blackwell
Keyword(s):  
Web Sites ◽  
Hiv Transmission ◽  
Sexual Partners ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Health Educators ◽  
Sex Partners ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Client Education ◽  
Bareback Sex ◽  
Sex With Men

Men who have sex with men (MSM) frequently use Internet-based Web sites to recruit sex partners. Although many MSM users of such sites advocate for safe sex practices in their personal profiles, some users actively recruit sexual partners who wish to participate in anal sexual intercourse without the use of condoms, also known as “bareback” sex. Participating in this sexual practice places both sexual partners at higher risk of HIV transmission. In addition, data indicate this behavior is associated with other high-risk activities such as drug use and communication of other sexually transmitted infections. This article summarizes the literature assessing this phenomenon on the Internet. Specific recommendations are provided for clinicians, health educators, and researchers.

scholarly journals Assessment of Technology Use and Technology Preferences for HIV Prevention Among Hispanic Women

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 197-203
Author(s):  
Natalia Villegas ◽  
Rosina Cianelli ◽  
Lila de Tantillo ◽  
Melanie Warheit ◽  
Nilda Peragallo Montano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Prevention ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Hiv Transmission ◽  
Hispanic Women ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Hiv Education ◽  
Hiv Intervention ◽  
Use Of The Internet

Introduction: HIV transmission presents an ongoing risk to Hispanic women, and prevention efforts remain a priority. The use of technology to prevent HIV transmission among Hispanic women and those of lower socioeconomic status underscore the need for effective implementation of technology. The purpose of this study is to describe technology preferences and predictors of the use of the internet for HIV prevention among low-income Hispanic women. Method: A secondary analysis was conducted using baseline data from an intervention to prevent HIV among 320 Hispanic women. The parent study was SEPA, Salud (health), Educación (education), Promoción (promotion), y [and] Autocuidado (self-care). Results: Most participants reported using personal technology, such as smartphones (90.6%), the internet (78.1%), and personal email (67.5%), every day. Most (71.3%) participants were open to learning about HIV education via the internet. In the logistic regression analysis, education and time since the last visit to the health care provider were significant predictors of the use of the internet to learn about HIV prevention, after controlling for age, living with the partner, and years living in the United States. Conclusion: Hispanic women demonstrated high levels of comfort with different forms of technology. These results indicated the potential to expand future HIV intervention efforts by implementing electronic dissemination of bilingual and culturally appropriate information for Hispanic women of diverse ages.

scholarly journals Generationing, stealthing, and gift giving: the intentional transmission of HIV by HIV-positive men to their HIV-negative sex partners

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugh Klein
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Transmission ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Unprotected Sex ◽  
Hiv Positive ◽  
Sex Partners ◽  
Gift Giving ◽  
Telephone Interviews ◽  
Sex With Men ◽  
Very High ◽  
Hiv Negative

Gift giving is the process by which an HIV-positive person purposely infects an HIV-negative person with HIV, usually with that person’s knowledge and consent. Little has been written about this HIV transmission practice. In this paper, two specific types of gift giving – generationing and stealthing – are explained and introduced to the scientific literature. <em>Generationing</em> is a type of gift giving in which one gift giver successfully infects a previously-uninfected man with HIV, and then the two men collaborate in an effort to seroconvert another man, and so forth. <em>Stealthing</em> is another type of gift giving in which an HIV-positive man actively tries to infect an HIV-negative man with HIV, without the latter’s knowledge or consent. The present study reports on the prevalence of gift giving (4.6%) in a population of men who use the Internet specifically to identify partners for unprotected sex. The research is based on a national random sample of 332 men who have sex with men, identified from 16 websites. Data were collected via telephone interviews conducted between January 2008 and May 2009. The paper concludes with a discussion of the implications of these findings for HIV prevention and intervention efforts. Most notably, to the extent that <em>generationing</em>, <em>stealthing</em>, and <em>gift giving</em> occur among MSM, they represent a very high risk of HIV transmission. More work needs to be done to understand these behaviors, the factors that underlie them, and to determine how prevalent they are in the bare-backing population of MSM.

scholarly journals New challenges associated with Internet-related sexual behaviors: A cross-sectional study of the characteristics and risk factors of men who have sex with men in Zhejiang Province, China (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Chen ◽  
Wanjun Chen ◽  
Tingting Jiang ◽  
Zhikan Ni ◽  
Qiaoqin Ma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Hiv Transmission ◽  
Multivariate Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Casual Sex ◽  
Unprotected Sex ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Sex Partners ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Sex With Men

BACKGROUND Finding casual sex partners on the Internet has been considered as a new challenge for HIV transmission among men who have sex with men (MSM). OBJECTIVE To identify the characteristics and risk factors of men who have sex with men (MSM) finding casual sex partners on the Internet for a new challenge regarding HIV transmission. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study. Participants were enrolled by four community-based organizations (CBOs) through bathroom, bar and gay applications. Online survey was conducted to collected information on finding casual sex partners, HIV knowledge, HIV-risk behaviors. RESULTS Among 767 participants, 310(40.4%) reported ever finding causal sex partners on the Internet. Factors associated with finding casual sex partners online in multivariate logistic regression analysis included watching pornographic videos on the Internet more than once per week (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) = 1.881, 95% CI: 1.201–2.948), discussing “hooking-up online” with friends (aOR = 4.018, 95%CI: 2.910–5.548), and perceiving that the likelihood of HIV infection in online casual sex partners was “very high” (aOR = 2.034, 95%CI: 1.441–2.873) or “high/medium/low” (aOR = 2.548, 95% CI: 1.524–4.259). Among the 310 participants who reported finding casual sex partners online, 30.2% reported having unprotected sex with casual sex partners met online in the past 6 months. In multivariate logistic regression analysis, knowing the HIV infection status of online casual sex partners was significantly associated with a decreased risk of inconsistent condom use (aOR = 0.327, 95% CI: 0.167–0.642). CONCLUSIONS Internet-based casual sexual behavior is becoming more prevalent, and the rate of unprotected sex among MSM in Zhejiang Province is high. Future HIV prevention approaches should emphasize the importance for MSM of proactively determining the HIV infection status of potential online casual sex partners.

Evidence of HIV Transmission Risk in Barebacking Men-Who-Have-Sex-With-Men: Cases from the Internet

2005 ◽  
Vol 9 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 73-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alvin G. Dawson ◽  
Michael W. Ross ◽  
Doug Henry ◽  
Anne Freeman
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Transmission ◽  
Transmission Risk ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Sex With Men ◽  
Hiv Transmission Risk

scholarly journals Fenomena Pergeseran Budaya Pemberian Hadiah (贈答文化(ぞうとうぶんか)) dalam Tradisi Masyarakat Jepang

Humaniora ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 1122
Author(s):  
Roberto Masami Prabowo
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
Analytical Approach ◽  
Capitalist Society ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Gift Giving ◽  
Economic Problems ◽  
Agrarian Society ◽  
Internet News

In Japan there is a culture of gift-giving, known as zōtōbunka. This culture is done every year in summer and winter to honor superiors or to maintain relationships between relatives. With the development of times and the incidence of financial crisis in the 1990s, this culture began to be abandoned by the Japanese because of various factors including the economic factors of capitalist society. This study analyzed using descriptive analytical approach with the main data corpus of books, electronic books, websites on the internet, news articles, magazines, and so on. Culture of gift-giving in Japan is explained also with cultural history that originated in China and the trend in Japan today. The conclusion of this paper described the problems in Japan's culture of gift-giving in addition to economic problems, the problem stems from a change or transition from an agrarian society to capitalist society. 

scholarly journals Involvement in Specific HIV Risk Practices among Men Who Use the Internet to Find Male Partners for Unprotected Sex

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugh Klein
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Risk ◽  
Hiv Transmission ◽  
Hiv Infections ◽  
Risky Behaviors ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Unprotected Sex ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Anal Sex ◽  
Multiple Partner ◽  
Hiv Intervention

Purpose. Men who have sex with other men (MSM) account for more than one-half of all new HIV infections in the USA. This study reports on the prevalence of a variety of HIV risk behaviors in one specific subpopulation of risk-seeking MSM.Methods. The study was based on a national sample of 332 MSM who use the Internet to find partners for unprotected sex. Data collection was conducted via telephone interviews between January 2008 and May 2009.Results. Unprotected oral and anal sex was commonplace among study participants. Men engaged in a large number of other risky behaviors as well, including having had multiple recent sex partners (mean number = 11), simultaneous double-penile penetration of the anus (16%), eating semen out of another man’s anus (17%), engaging in multiple-partner sexual encounters (47%), engaging in anonymous sex (51%), and having sex while “under the influence” (52%).Conclusions. HIV intervention and prevention programs need to address numerous behaviors that place MSM at risk for contracting/transmitting HIV. Merely focusing on unprotected anal sex does a disservice to members of this community, who typically engage in many types of behavioral risks, each of which requires addressing if HIV transmission rates are to be reduced.

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