Social and Behavioural Correlates of HIV Testing Among Australian Gay and Bisexual Men in Regular Relationships.
In this study we sought to identify the social and behavioural characteristics of Australian gay and bisexual men who had and had not tested for HIV during their current relationship. The results were based on 2012 and 2013 data collected from ongoing cross-sectional and community-based surveys held in six Australian states and territories. One thousand five hundred and sixty-one non-HIV-positive men reported that they were in a primary relationship. The majority of gay and bisexual men in primary relationships had tested for HIV during the relationship (73.4 %). Among men who had not tested during the relationship, almost half of these men had never tested for HIV. As untested men within relationships are potentially at risk of acquiring and transmitting HIV to their partners unknowingly, it is important to promote HIV testing to these men.
Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia. evelyn.lee@unsw.edu.au.
Evelyn
E
Lee
Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia.|National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Melbourne, 3065, Australia.
Dean
D
Murphy
Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia.
Limin
L
Mao
Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia.
John
J
de Wit
The Kirby Institute, Wallace Wurth Building, UNSW, Kensington, NSW, 2033, Australia.
Garrett
G
Prestage
The Kirby Institute, Wallace Wurth Building, UNSW, Kensington, NSW, 2033, Australia.
Iryna
I
Zablotska
Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia.
Martin
M
Holt
D000328:Adult; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D001727:Bisexuality / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D015438:Health Behavior; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012747:Sexual Partners; D000072339:Sexual and Gender Minorities; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D047568:Unsafe Sex / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
Australian; Gay and bisexual men; HIV; HIV testing; Regular relationship