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ArticleJournal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine2019

Transactional Sex among Men Who Have Sex with Men: Differences by Substance Use and HIV Status.

Marjan Javanbakht, Amy Ragsdale, Steven Shoptaw, Pamina M Gorbach

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Article in Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
14.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Transactional Sex and its Drivers among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Plateau State North Central Nigeria.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine · 2025
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  19. Social Determinants of Transactional Sex in a Sample of Young Black and Latinx Sexual Minority Cisgender Men and Transgender Women.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marjan JavanbakhtDepartment of Epidemiology, University of California Los Angeles Fielding School of Public Health, Box 951772, CHS 46-082, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1772, USA. javan@ucla.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-0088-3803
Amy RagsdaleDepartment of Epidemiology, University of California Los Angeles Fielding School of Public Health, Box 951772, CHS 46-082, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1772, USA.
Steven ShoptawDepartment of Family Medicine, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Pamina M GorbachDepartment of Epidemiology, University of California Los Angeles Fielding School of Public Health, Box 951772, CHS 46-082, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1772, USA.
University of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

UCLA Rapid, Relevant, Rigorous Implementation Science HubP30MH058107 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI RAPHAEL J LANDOVITZ · 1997 to 2026
$53.5M
MSM and Substances Cohort at UCLA Linking Infections Noting Effects (MASCULINE) U01DA036267 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI GORBACH, PAMINA MAE, SHOPTAW, STEVEN J · 2013 to 2024
$20.5M
NIDA NIH HHS U01 DA036267NIMH NIH HHS P30 MH058107
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exchanging money, drugs, and other goods for sex has been associated with sexual risk behaviors and increased STIs/HIV. While female sex work is well described, data on men who exchange sex for money or goods are more limited. This paper examined the prevalence and correlates of transactional sex among young men who have sex with men, especially focusing on substance use and HIV status. We conducted a cohort study of 511 participants recruited between August 2014 and December 2017 in Los Angeles, CA. Eligible participants were: (1) between 18 and 45 years of age; (2) male; and (3) if HIV-negative, reported condomless anal intercourse with a male partner in the past 6 months. By design, half were HIV-positive and half HIV-negative. At baseline and semi-annual follow-up visits, computer-assisted self-interviews were used to collect information on demographics, sexual behaviors including transactional sex which was defined as exchange of money, drugs, or a place to stay for anal intercourse. Laboratory testing was conducted for current STI/HIV status. The average age of participants was 31.4 years with 43% identifying as African American, followed by 36% as Hispanic/Latino. The prevalence of recent transactional sex across 1486 study visits was 17% (n = 255), with 74% of those reporting exchanging sex for drugs. The prevalence of transactional sex was higher among those who reported unstable housing (32 vs. 11%; p value < .01), concurrent sexual partnerships (26 vs. 9%; p value < .01), and transgender sex partners (40 vs. 15%; p value < .01). Those who reported receiving money, drugs, or shelter for sex were also more likely to report giving money, drugs, shelter for sex than men who did not report exchange sex (77 vs. 11%; p value < .01). Based on multivariable analyses after adjusting for age and race/ethnicity, HIV viral load was independently associated with transactional sex [adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 1.4; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.1-1.7) per log

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AdolescentAdultCohort StudiesHIV InfectionsHomosexuality, MaleHumansLos AngelesMaleMiddle AgedOdds RatioPrevalenceRacial GroupsRisk-TakingSexual BehaviorSexually Transmitted DiseasesSex WorkersHIVMSMSTITransactional sex

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PMID30136249
PMCPMC6565772
OpenAlexW2888286675

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