1. The relation between mental health, homosexual stigma, childhood abuse, community engagement, and unprotected anal intercourse among MSM in China
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Jie Liu, Yaxin Zhu, Bo Qu, Yucun Chen, and Ruochen Zhang
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Child abuse ,Adult ,Male ,China ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Sexual Behavior ,Psychological intervention ,Stigma (botany) ,lcsh:Medicine ,HIV Infections ,Article ,03 medical and health sciences ,Young Adult ,0302 clinical medicine ,Intervention (counseling) ,Medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Homosexuality ,Child Abuse ,Homosexuality, Male ,Child ,lcsh:Science ,media_common ,030505 public health ,Multidisciplinary ,Community engagement ,Unsafe Sex ,business.industry ,lcsh:R ,Community Participation ,Mental health ,Physical abuse ,Mental Health ,Sexual Partners ,lcsh:Q ,Homophobia ,0305 other medical science ,business ,Demography - Abstract
The aim of the study was to explore the relation of various factors with unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) and provide some insight for HIV intervention on Chinese men who have sex with men (MSM). The current cross-sectional study recruited 365 MSM in Dalian, China. More than half of the respondents (117 respondents, 51.8% of the sample) had engaged in UAI. The multivariable logistic regression model suggested that poorer mental health (AOR: 7.16; 95% CI: 3.14–16.31), self-stigma (AOR: 1.53; 95% CI: 1.00–2.34), and experience(s) of physical abuse in childhood (AOR: 5.85; 95% CI: 1.77–19.30) were significantly and positively related to UAI. Community engagement was negatively associated with UAI (p
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- 2018
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