ArticleJournal of community health2018
Finding Sex Partners Through Social Media Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Hanoi, Vietnam.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Social Media Use and Health and Well-being of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Youth: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Pooled it
- Hookups, hashtags, and health: A Latent Class Analysis of social media, mental health and sleep among MSM in Paris, France.SSM. Mental health · 2026Article
- Sexual and Psychosocial Risk Burdens Associated With Online Sex Seeking Among Young Men Who Have Sex With Men: Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
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- Increase in human immunodeficiency virus and syphilis prevalence and incidence among men who have sex with men, vietnam 2015 - 2020.International journal of STD & AIDS · 2024Article
- HIV and STI prevalence and testing history among men who have sex with men in Hanoi, Vietnam.International journal of STD & AIDS · 2022Article
- Geosocial Networking Application Use, Characteristics of App-Met Sexual Partners, and Sexual Behavior Among Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents Assigned Male at Birth.Journal of sex research · 2020Article
- Stigma and Web-Based Sex Seeking Among Men Who Have Sex With Men and Transgender Women in Tijuana, Mexico: Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2020Article
- Estimation of the Population Size of Men Who Have Sex With Men in Vietnam: Social App Multiplier Method.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2019Article
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Abstract
Many men who have sex with men (MSM) in low and middle income countries search for male sexual partners via social media in part due to societal stigma and discrimination, yet little is known about the sexual risk profiles of MSM social media users. This cross-sectional study investigates the prevalence of social media use to find male sex partners in Hanoi, Vietnam and examines associations between social media use and sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics, including levels of internalized, perceived and enacted stigma, high-risk sexual behaviors, and HIV testing. 205 MSM were recruited from public venues where MSM congregate as well as through snowball sampling and completed an anonymous survey. MSM who found their male sexual partners using social media in the last year were more likely to have completed a university or higher degree (aOR 2.6; 95% CI 1.2-5.7), experience high levels of MSM-related perceived stigma (aOR 3.0; 95% CI 1.1-8.0), and have more than ten lifetime male sexual partners (aOR 3.2; 95% CI 1.3-7.6) compared to those who did not use social media. A niche for social media-based interventions integrating health and stigma-reduction strategies exists in HIV prevention programs for MSM.
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