Changing Levels of Social Engagement with Gay Men Is Associated with HIV Related Outcomes and Behaviors: Trends in Australian Behavioral Surveillance 1998-2020

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作者
Chan, Curtis [1 ]
Bavinton, Benjamin R. [1 ]
Prestage, Garrett E. [1 ]
Broady, Timothy R. [2 ]
Mao, Limin [2 ]
Rule, John [3 ]
Wilcock, Ben [4 ]
Holt, Martin [2 ]
机构
[1] UNSW Sydney, Kirby Inst, Level 6 Wallace Wurth Bldg High St, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
[2] UNSW Sydney, Ctr Social Res Hlth, Sydney, NSW, Australia
[3] Natl Assoc People HIV Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia
[4] Australia Federat AIDS Org, Sydney, NSW, Australia
关键词
Men who have sex with men; HIV; Gay community; Sexual health; Social networks; Sexual orientation; UNPROTECTED ANAL INTERCOURSE; HOMOSEXUALLY ACTIVE MEN; SEXUAL RISK BEHAVIOR; BISEXUAL MEN; DRUG-USE; PREEXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; COMMUNITY; HEALTH; PREVENTION; AIDS;
D O I
10.1007/s10508-022-02310-x
中图分类号
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号
040203 ;
摘要
Changes to how gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBM) connect with each other and with their communities have implications for HIV prevention. Social engagement with gay men (defined as having friends who are gay men and spending time with them) has been associated with HIV related outcomes over time among Australian GBM. Using data collected in national, repeated, cross-sectional surveys of GBM between 1998 and 2020 (N = 161,117), analyses of trends in the prevalence of gay social engagement (GSE) in Australia were conducted using linear regression. To assess changing associations with GSE at different time points in the HIV epidemic, three cross-sectional analyses were conducted on factors associated with high and low GSE in 1999/2000, 2009/2010, and 2019/2020 using bivariate and multivariable logistic regression. GSE (scored from 0 to 7) declined among all participants from 4.76 in 1998 to 4.04 in 2020 (p < 0.001) with a steeper decline among GBM aged under 25 years from 4.63 in 1998 to 3.40 in 2020 (p < 0.001). In all timepoints, high GSE was associated with older age, being university educated, full time employment, identifying as gay, recent HIV testing, and PrEP uptake. While mostly associated with protective behaviors, high GSE was also associated with some practices that may put GBM at risk of HIV infection such as drug-enhanced sex and group sex in the most recent timepoint. Changing levels of GSE have implications for health promotion among GBM, particularly how to engage GBM less connected to gay social networks.
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