title: High rates of sex with men among high-risk, heterosexually-identified men in low-income, coastal Peru.
abstract: In this paper we describe sex with men, including the frequency of sex and unprotected sex, among high-risk, heterosexually-identified men in urban, low-income, coastal Peru. During 2001--2002, a random community-based sample of these men was administered an epidemiologic survey collecting sexual risk behavior data. Among the 924 high-risk heterosexually-identified men, 131 (14.2%) reported at least one male partner in the past 6 months. Of these, 113 (86.3%) reported male and female partners and among those with partners of both sexes, 84.2% and 57.0% of sex acts with female and male partners, respectively, were unprotected, (RR 1.48, 95% CI = 1.31-1.68). We observed a high rate of recent bisexual behavior compared to past studies showing frequent, unprotected sex with male and female partners. This population has substantial potential to act as a bridge population between and their male and female partners and should be addressed by prevention programs.
authors: Division of Infectious Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA. kelika_konda@hotmail.com
authors: Kelika Anne
authors: KA
authors: Konda
authors: Andres G
authors: AG
authors: Lescano
authors: Elli
authors: E
authors: Leontsini
authors: Percy
authors: P
authors: Fernandez
authors: Jeffrey D
authors: JD
authors: Klausner
authors: Thomas J
authors: TJ
authors: Coates
authors: Carlos F
authors: CF
authors: Cáceres
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D003075:Coitus; D003710:Demography; D020010:Heterosexuality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D010568:Peru / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors