ArticleJournal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine2011
Sex parties among young gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in New York City: attendance and behavior.
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20 citing papers in PubMed.
- PrEP to Party: Exploring MSM's PrEP Use and Interest in the Context of Sexually Themed Events.AIDS and behavior · 2024Article
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- Attitudes Toward Peer-Delivered Sexual-Health Services Among New York City Sexual and Gender Minority Individuals Who Have Sex with Men and Attend Collective Sex Venues.Qualitative health research · 2022Article
- Ecological and Syndemic Predictors of Drug Use During Sex and Transactional Sex among U.S. Black Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Secondary Data Analysis from the HPTN 061 Study.Archives of sexual behavior · 2021Article
- Condomless Group Sex Is Associated With HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Knowledge and Interest Uptake: A Cross-Sectional Study of Gay and Bisexual Men in Paris, France.AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education · 2019Article
- Risk Behaviors Among Young Men Who Have Sex With Men in Bangkok: A Qualitative Study to Understand and Contextualize High HIV Incidence.Journal of homosexuality · 2019Article
- The Associations of Resilience and HIV Risk Behaviors Among Black Gay, Bisexual, Other Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in the Deep South: The MARI Study.AIDS and behavior · 2018Article
- Drug Use, Sexual Risk, and Syndemic Production Among Men Who Have Sex With Men Who Engage in Group Sexual Encounters.American journal of public health · 2015Article
- Partners met via sex parties present significantly greater odds for condomless anal sex among MSM: an event-level analysis of venues where male partners are met.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2014Article
- Pathways towards risk: syndemic conditions mediate the effect of adversity on HIV risk behaviors among young men who have sex with men (YMSM).Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2014Article
- Comparing three cohorts of MSM sampled via sex parties, bars/clubs, and Craigslist.org: implications for researchers and providers.AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education · 2014Article
- Venue-based network analysis to inform HIV prevention efforts among young gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2014Article
- Men who have sex with men's attitudes toward using color-coded wristbands to facilitate sexual communication at sex parties.Sexuality research & social policy : journal of NSRC : SR & SP · 2014Article
- Characteristics of men who have sex with men (MSM) who attend sex parties: results from a national online sample in the USA.Sexually transmitted infections · 2014Article
- HIV risk in group sexual encounters: an event-level analysis from a national online survey of MSM in the U.S.The journal of sexual medicine · 2013Article
- Gay bathhouse HIV prevention: the use of staff monitoring of patron sexual behavior.Sexuality research & social policy : journal of NSRC : SR & SP · 2013Article
- Measurement model exploring a syndemic in emerging adult gay and bisexual men.AIDS and behavior · 2013Article
- Evidence for a Syndemic in Aging HIV-positive Gay, Bisexual, and Other MSM: Implications for a Holistic Approach to Prevention and Healthcare.Natural resource modeling · 2012Article
- Attitudes about and HIV risk related to the "most common place" MSM meet their sex partners: comparing men from bathhouses, bars/clubs, and Craigslist.org.AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education · 2012Article
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Abstract
Very little information exists with regard to sex party behaviors in young men who have sex with men (YMSM), often defined as men ranging in age from 13 to 29 years. The current analysis examines sex party attendance and behavior in a sample of 540 emergent adult gay, bisexual, and other YMSM in New York City, ages 18-29 years. Findings indicate that 8.7% (n = 47) of the sample had attended a sex party 3 months prior to assessment. Sex party attendees reported that parties included both HIV-positive and HIV-negative men; attendees also reported unprotected sex and limited access to condoms and lubricant. As compared with those who did not attend sex parties, those who did indicated significantly more lifetime and recent (last 3 months) casual sex partners, drug use (both number of different drugs used and total lifetime use), psychosocial burden (history of partner violence and number of arrests), and total syndemic burden (a composite of unprotected anal sex, drug use and psychosocial burden). These results indicate that while only a small percentage of the overall sample attended sex parties, the intersection of both individual risk factors coupled with risk factors engendered within the sex party environment itself has the potential to be a catalyst in the proliferation of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in urban settings. Lastly, given that sex parties are different than other sex environments, commercial and public, with regard to how they are accessed, public health strategies may need to become more tailored in order to reach this potentially highly risky group.
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