title: Battering victimization among a probability-based sample of men who have sex with men.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study measured the prevalence of battering victimization (i.e., experience of psychological/symbolic, physical, and sexual battering) among men who have sex with men (MSM) and identified characteristics of these men.
  
  
  METHODS
  A probability-based sample of 2881 MSM living in 4 cities completed telephone interviews between 1996 and 1998.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Prevalence estimates were 34% for psychological/symbolic battering, 22% for physical battering, and 5% for sexual battering. The strongest demographic correlate independently associated with all forms of battering was age 40 or younger, whereas education and HIV serostatus were associated with physical and psychological/symbolic violence.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Rates of battering victimization among urban MSM are substantially higher than among heterosexual men and possibly heterosexual women. Public health efforts directed toward addressing intimate partner battering among these men are needed.
authors.affiliation: Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, USA. ggreenwood@psg.ucsf.edu
authors.forename: Gregory L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Greenwood
authors.forename: Michael V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Relf
authors.forename: Bu
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Lance M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Pollack
authors.forename: Jesse A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Canchola
authors.forename: Joseph A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Catania
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002641:Chicago / Q000453:epidemiology; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D015141:Los Angeles / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009518:New York / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D011336:Probability; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012495:San Francisco / Q000453:epidemiology; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012747:Sexual Partners / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013689:Telephone; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data