title: Gay men are less likely to use condoms with casual sex partners they know 'well'.
abstract: Health in Men (HIM) was an open cohort study of 1,427 HIV-negative homosexual men in Sydney. The majority of respondents' unprotected anal intercourse (UAIC) events were with partners whose HIV status they did not know. Nonetheless, with casual partners with whom they engaged in UAIC, respondents indicated that they knew 'well' 28.9% of the HIV-negative partners and 26.2% of HIV-positive partners, but only 7.6% of the HIV status unknown partners. Respondents were more likely to have engaged in UAIC with partners they knew well (McNemar P < 0.001). The challenge for HIV prevention is that many gay men's decisions about condom use may be driven as much by their relationship with individual partners as their commitment to 'safe sex'.
authors.affiliation: Kirby Institute for Infection and Immunity in Society, University of New South Wales, 376 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia. gprestage@nchecr.unsw.edu.au
authors.forename: Garrett
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Prestage
authors.forename: Fengyi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grulich
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de Wit
authors.forename: Iryna
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zablotska
mesh_terms: D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D018023:HIV Seronegativity; D006679:HIV Seropositivity; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012747:Sexual Partners / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D047568:Unsafe Sex / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*