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ArticleHealth education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education2025

Reactions to Sexual, Substance Use, and Mental Health Surveys Among Rural Sexual Minority Men.

Benjamin N Montemayor, Christopher Owens

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Article in Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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2 authors.

Benjamin N MontemayorTexas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3330-1323
Christopher OwensTexas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2729-151X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rural gay, bisexual, and other sexual minority men's (SMM) comfort levels answering sensitive health topics are unknown. This online survey explored comfort levels of 399 rural SMM in the Southern United States when responding to five sensitive health topics (sexual behavior, alcohol use, drug use, sexualized drug use, and mental health), as well as examined demographic and behavioral differences in these comfort levels. Multiple linear regression models were analyzed. More than 70% of participants reported being very or somewhat comfortable answering all five health topics. More politically liberal SMM reported higher levels of comfort with sexual behavior and drug use questions. SMM who had condomless anal sex reported more comfortability answering sexual behavior questions, whereas SMM who used alcohol reported lower comfortability levels answering alcohol use questions. Findings have implications for the conduct and approval of health behavior survey research.

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Mental HealthRural PopulationSexual and Gender MinoritiesSexual BehaviorSubstance-Related DisordersAdolescentAdultHealth SurveysHumansMaleMiddle AgedUnited StatesYoung Adultmental healthreactionsruralsexual healthsexual minority men (SMM)substance use

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PMID40337903
PMCPMC12592566

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