title: Sexual behavior patterns of customers of male street prostitutes.
abstract: Information about male customers of male prostitutes, including sociodemographic and life-style characteristics, sexual and drug use behaviors, and knowledge about HIV infection were collected from a convenience sample of 211 male street prostitutes and a convenience sample of 15 male customers as part of a feasibility study. Data from these two groups indicate that despite knowledge of HIV infection and its transmission, customers engage in high-risk sexual and drug use behaviors with prostitutes. Because there is a high HIV infection rate within the male prostitute sample (175/1000) and because these customers for the most part describe themselves as bisexual or heterosexual, it is likely that male customers of male prostitutes serve as a vector of transmission of HIV infection to their other partners including the heterosexual population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118.
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Morse
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Balson
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Osofsky
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003275:Contraceptive Devices, Male; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology / Q000635:transmission*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006716:Homosexuality / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008145:Louisiana; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011477:Sex Work / Q000523:psychology*; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012931:Social Environment