title: Partners met via sex parties present significantly greater odds for condomless anal sex among MSM: an event-level analysis of venues where male partners are met.
abstract: One hundred forty-seven men who have sex with men completed time-line follow-back interviews about the venues where they met their male partners (n = 1180 sexual events with first-time partners, <30 days). We ran multivariate models to determine the association between venues and condomless anal sex (CAS). After adjusting for known correlates of CAS, partners met at sex parties presented significantly greater odds for CAS compared with meeting a partner at a gay bar/club (adjusted odds ratio = 0.44), online (adjusted odds ratio = 0.42), bathhouse (adjusted odds ratio = 0.35), or via "other" venues (adjusted odds ratio = 0.35), all P < 0.01. These findings highlight the need to develop innovative HIV/sexually transmitted infection prevention initiatives for men who attend sex parties.
authors.affiliation: *Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY; †Doctoral Program in Public Health, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York; ‡Center for HIV/AIDS Educational Studies and Training; §Doctoral Program in Basic and Applied Social Psychology, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York; ‖Doctoral Program in Health Psychology, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York; and ¶Department of Psychology, Hunter College of the City University of New York, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Grov
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Rendina
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ventuneac
authors.forename: Jeffrey T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Parsons
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015331:Cohort Studies; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission*; D047568:Unsafe Sex / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult