ArticleAmerican journal of public health2007
Tip of the Iceberg: young men who have sex with men, the Internet, and HIV risk.
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99 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 215 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Randomised controlled trial of incentives to improve online survey completion among internet-using men who have sex with men.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2019Trial
- Use of Videos Improves Informed Consent Comprehension in Web-Based Surveys Among Internet-Using Men Who Have Sex With Men: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2017Trial
- The MyPEEPS randomized controlled trial: a pilot of preliminary efficacy, feasibility, and acceptability of a group-level, HIV risk reduction intervention for young men who have sex with men.Archives of sexual behavior · 2015Trial
- Developing an online health intervention for young gay and bisexual men.AIDS and behavior · 2013Trial
- Efficacy of a web-based intervention to reduce sexual risk in men who have sex with men.AIDS and behavior · 2010Trial
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- A Social Network Theory-Based Investigation into the Characteristics of MSM in Virtual Communities.AIDS and behavior · 2025Article
- A Suicide Prevention Intervention for Emerging Adult Sexual and Gender Minority Groups: Protocol for a Pilot Hybrid Effectiveness Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- Comparison of the burden of self-reported bacterial sexually transmitted infections among men having sex with men across 68 countries on four continents.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Online Partner Seeking and Sexual Behaviors Among Men Who Have Sex With Men From Small and Midsized Towns: Cross-sectional Study.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- Patterns of Online and Offline Partnering, Partnership Characteristics, and Condomless Sex Among Adolescent Sexual Minority Males in the USA.AIDS and behavior · 2021Article
- Sex work, discrimination, drug use and violence: a pattern for HIV risk among transgender sex workers compared to MSM sex workers and other MSM in Guatemala.Global public health · 2020Article
- A randomized controlled efficacy trial of an mHealth HIV prevention intervention for sexual minority young men: MyPEEPS mobile study protocol.BMC public health · 2020Article
- Complications Related to Sexualized Drug Use: What Can We Learn From Literature?Frontiers in neuroscience · 2020Review
- Design Considerations for Implementing eHealth Behavioral Interventions for HIV Prevention in Evolving Sociotechnical Landscapes.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2019Review
- The multiplex social environments of young Black men who have sex with men: How online and offline social structures impact HIV prevention and sex behavior engagement.Journal of social structure : JOSS · 2019Article
- An Internet-Based HIV Self-Testing Program to Increase HIV Testing Uptake Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Brazil: Descriptive Cross-Sectional Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectivesWe examined the prevalence of Internet use for meeting sexual partners (Internet partners) and HIV risk behaviors associated with this use among young men who have sex with men (aged 16-24 years).
methodsA sample of 270 young men who have sex with men completed a computer-assisted survey. We used bivariate chi(2) analyses and hierarchical logistic regression to assess factors associated with Internet-facilitated sexual encounters.
resultsUsing the Internet to meet sexual partners was common; 48% of our sample had sexual relations with a partner they met online. Of these, only 53% used condoms consistently, and 47% reported having sexual partners older (>4 years) than themselves. Regression analyses showed increased age, White race/ethnicity, history of unprotected anal intercourse, multiple anal intercourse partners, and engaging in sexual activity at a sex club or a bathhouse were associated with meeting sexual partners through the Internet. Only history of unprotected anal intercourse was associated with risky sexual behaviors with Internet partners (P<0.025).
conclusionsYoung men who have sex with men and who seek partners online also engage in other behaviors that place them at risk for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.
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