ArticleAIDS and behavior2020
HIV Testing Among Chinese Men Who Have Sex with Men: The Roles of HIV Knowledge, Online Social Life, and Sexual Identity Concerns.
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- Exploring the relationship between HIV Testing frequency and sexual behavior, prevention prophylaxis use among MSM in Southern China.PloS one · 2026Trial
- Study on HIV knowledge and cultural attitudes about sexuality among Chinese college students.BMC public health · 2025Article
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- The impact of HIV self-testing on risk behaviors among men who have sex with men: a mixed-methods study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Uptake of HIV testing and its correlates among sexually experienced college students in Southwestern, China: a Web-Based online cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Impact of Social Media Use on HIV Testing and Related Mediator among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Shandong Province, China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- "We don't have a template to follow": Sexual identity development and its facilitative factors among sexual minority men in the context of China.Journal of counseling psychology · 2023Article
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- PrEP Willingness and Adherence Self-Efficacy Among Men Who have Sex with Men with Recent Condomless Anal Sex in Urban China.AIDS and behavior · 2021Article
- Factors associated with unsafe sexual behavior among sexually active Chinese University students, Hebei Province, 2019.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Factors related to HIV testing frequency in MSM based on the 2011-2018 survey in Tianjin, China: a hint for risk reduction strategy.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Cultural context matters: Testing the minority stress model among Chinese sexual minority men.Journal of counseling psychology · 2021Article
- Do the same socio-demographic variables predict testing uptake and sero-status? HIV and syphilis among an observational sample of Chinese men who have sex with men in Shanghai, China.International journal of STD & AIDS · 2020Observational
- Addressing Minority Stress and Mental Health among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in China.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2020Review
- The Impact of Peer Education on HIV Testing for Chinese Men Who Have Sex With Men: The Mediation Effect of Accompanying Friends for Testing.American journal of men's healthArticle
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Abstract
HIV testing is critical for timely care and controlling the HIV epidemic among men who have sex with men (MSM), particularly for regions with increasing infection rates such as China. This study investigated HIV testing and associated demographic, psychosocial, and risk behavior factors among internet-using Chinese MSM (n = 332). Most participants received HIV testing before (74.1%), which was associated with more HIV knowledge, online social life, and more frequent condomless anal sex. Among MSM who tested previously (n = 246), 48.4% reported regular HIV testing, which was associated with a greater online social life and less sexual identity concerns (internalized homonegativity and concealment motivation). Findings suggest a two-step approach to engage MSM who never tested for HIV and who do not undergo regular testing. Strategies to promote testing should enhance HIV knowledge, sex education, and online MSM community building. Interventions to increase acceptance and positivity of sexual identity are crucial to regular testing.
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