title: Circumcision Status is Not Associated with Condom Use and Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Young Black MSM.
abstract: This study investigated whether intact young Black MSM differed from their circumcised counterparts regarding condom use behaviors and perceptions and HIV/Chlamydia/gonorrhea. Young Black MSM completed a self-interview, including a pictorial item assessing circumcision status and measures of condom use. Twenty-seven percent of 388 participants reported not being circumcised. With one exception, no associations tested approached significance. The mean frequency of unprotected insertive anal sex for circumcised men was about twice as high compared to those intact (P = .04). Intact young Black MSM did not differ from circumcised men relative to prevalence of STIs (including HIV) or condom use behaviors as reported only by insertive partners.
authors.affiliation: College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, 151 Washington Ave., Lexington, KY, 40506-0003, USA.|The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, Bloomington, IN, USA.
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Crosby
authors.affiliation: The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, Bloomington, IN, USA. C.A.Graham@soton.ac.uk.|Department of Psychology, University of Southampton, 44/3016 Shackleton Building, Southampton, Hampshire, SO17 1BJ, UK. C.A.Graham@soton.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Cynthia A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Graham
authors.affiliation: University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 N. State St., Jackson, MS, USA.
authors.forename: Leandro
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mena
authors.affiliation: The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, Bloomington, IN, USA.|Department of Gender Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.|Department of Applied Health Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.
authors.forename: William L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Yarber
authors.affiliation: The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, Bloomington, IN, USA.|Department of Gender Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.
authors.forename: Stephanie A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Sanders
authors.affiliation: The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, Bloomington, IN, USA.|Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: Robin R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Milhausen
authors.affiliation: College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, 151 Washington Ave., Lexington, KY, 40506-0003, USA.
authors.forename: Angelica
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Geter
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D044383:Black People / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002944:Circumcision, Male; D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010465:Perception; D015995:Prevalence; D021841:Safe Sex / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012747:Sexual Partners; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D047568:Unsafe Sex / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Circumcision; Condoms; STIs