title: Favourable attitudes towards serosorting are associated with overall less frequent condom use among young Black men having sex men.
abstract: This study determined whether YBMSM endorsing serosorting are less likely to use condoms. A questionnaire assessed men's attitudes towards serosorting with a three-item scale; various sexual risk behaviours were measured using a 90-day recall period. Favourable attitudes toward serosorting were associated with a greater likelihood of condomless sex as a top (P<0.001) and as a bottom (P<0.001), as well as a lower likelihood of using condoms with main partners (P=0.003). Findings suggest that YBMSM having favourable attitudes toward serosorting may be more likely to report condomless sex than their counterparts without favourable attitudes.
authors.affiliation: College of Public Health at the University of Kentucky, 151 Washington Avenue, Lexington, KY 40506-0003, USA.
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Crosby
authors.affiliation: University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State Street, Jackson, MS 39216, USA.
authors.forename: Leandro
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mena
authors.affiliation: College of Public Health at the University of Kentucky, 151 Washington Avenue, Lexington, KY 40506-0003, USA.
authors.forename: Angelica
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Geter
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D017280:Condoms; D015658:HIV Infections; D059147:HIV Serosorting; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D021841:Safe Sex; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012747:Sexual Partners