Injection and Heterosexual Risk Behaviors for HIV Infection Among Non-gay Identifying Men Who Have Sex with Men and Women

Kamyar Arasteh; Don C. Des Jarlais; Courtney McKnight; Jonathan Feelemyer

doi:10.1007/s10461-019-02551-3

Injection and Heterosexual Risk Behaviors for HIV Infection Among Non-gay Identifying Men Who Have Sex with Men and Women

Kamyar Arasteh, Don C. Des Jarlais, Courtney McKnight, Jonathan Feelemyer

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Abstract

Non-gay identifying men who have sex with men and women (MSMW) are an important subgroup of men who have sex with men (MSM) and have been underrepresented in studies of MSM that only use gay venues to draw their samples. We assessed heterosexual and drug use risks of MSMW who use drugs in a sample of male entrants to the Mount Sinai Beth Israel drug treatment programs from 2005 to 2018. Blood samples were collected and tested for HIV and HSV-2 infections. Among HIV seronegative participants, MSMW had significantly greater odds of sharing used needles with others, and reporting unprotected sex with female casual partners and female commercial sex partners, compared to their counterparts who reported sex with women exclusively (MSWE). Although not recruited from gay venues, MSMW had a significantly higher HIV prevalence than MSWE (23% vs. 10%, p < 0.001). Interventions that are specifically tailored to HIV prevention among MSMW are needed to ameliorate the prevalence of HIV risks and infection.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	3315-3323
Number of pages	9
Journal	AIDS and Behavior
Volume	23
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-019-02551-3
State	Published - Dec 1 2019

Keywords

HIV risk behaviors
Injection drug use
Non-gay identifying MSMW

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Social Psychology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infectious Diseases

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