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Will Gay Sex-Seeking Mobile Phone Applications Facilitate Group Sex? A Cross-Sectional Online Survey among Men Who Have Sex with Men in China.
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- Men who have sex with men: An approach to social network analysis.Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.) · 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
- Geosocial Networking Smartphone App Use and High-Risk Sexual Behaviors Among Men Who Have Sex With Men Attending University in China: Cross-sectional Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2022Article
- Willingness of Chinese Men Who Have Sex With Men to Use Smartphone-Based Electronic Readers for HIV Self-testing: Web-Based Cross-sectional Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Article
- Blocking and being blocked on gay dating apps among MSM attending a sexual health clinic: an observational study.BMC public health · 2021Observational
- HIV incidence among men who have sex with men using geosocial networking smartphone application in Beijing, China: an open cohort study.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2021Article
- Correlates of group sex participation among men who have sex with men in Chongqing, Southwestern China.BMC public health · 2021Article
- First Detection of a Cluster Novel HIV-1 Second-Generation Recombinant (CRF01_AE/CRF07_BC) among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Nanjing, Eastern China.Intervirology · 2021Article
- Risky sexual behavior and associated factors in undergraduate students in a city in Southern Brazil.Revista de saude publica · 2020Article
- Group Sex Events Among Cisgender Men Who Have Sex With Men: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Survey Study to Explore Participation and Risk-Taking Behaviors.JMIR research protocols · 2019Article
- Identifying high risk subgroups of MSM: a latent class analysis using two samples.BMC infectious diseases · 2019Article
- Circulation of DistinctJournal of clinical microbiology · 2019Article
- The Effect of Using Geosocial Networking Apps on the HIV Incidence Rate Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: Eighteen-Month Prospective Cohort Study in Shenyang, China.Journal of medical Internet research · 2018Article
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Abstract
introductionChina is amidst a sexual revolution, with changing sexual practices and behaviors. Sex-seeking mobile phone applications (gay apps) that allow multiple people to meet up quickly may facilitate group sex. This study was therefore undertaken to evaluate group sex among Chinese MSM and to better understand factors associated with group sex.
methodsAn online survey was conducted from September-October 2014, collecting data on socio-demographics, sexual behaviors, use of gay apps and occurrence of group sex among Chinese MSM. Univariate and multivariable logistic regressions were used to compare group sex and non-group sex participants.
resultsOf the 1,424 MSM, the majority were under 30 years old (77.5%), unmarried (83.9%), and were gay apps users (57.9%). Overall, 141 (9.9%) participants engaged in group sex in the last 12 months. Multivariate analyses showed that men living with HIV, engaged in condomless anal intercourse with men, and used gay apps were more likely to engage in group sex, with adjusted ORs of 3.74 (95% CI 1.92-7.28), 2.88 (95% CI 2.00-4.16) and 1.46 (95% CI: 1.00-2.13), respectively. Among gay app users, the likelihood of group sex increases with the number of sex partners and the number of sex acts with partners met through a gay app.
conclusionsChinese MSM who engage in group sex are also more likely to engage in other risky sexual behaviors, and gay app use may facilitate group sex. Further research is needed among MSM who engage in group sex in order to target interventions and surveillance.
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