title: Associated with Differences in Sexual Risk-Taking Behaviors Among Migrants in South Korea.
abstract: We investigated influential factors on differences in sexual risk-taking among homosexual migrants. The data used in this paper are based on the survey and medical examination for migrants' sexual behaviors that was carried out by the Korea Federation for HIV/AIDS Prevention in 2011-2013 on participants living in South Korea. Among 1141 migrants, homosexuals were 0.54 times less likely to use condom than heterosexuals. Homosexuals were 2.93 times more likely to be infected with sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) than heterosexuals. Among 250 homosexual migrants, those who preferred risky sexual intercourse were 0.19 times less likely to use a condom than heterosexual migrants. Those who have a fixed sexual partner were 0.35 times less likely to be infected with HIV than their counterparts. Administrative programs for STDs prevention of migrants should be focused on their sexual risk-taking, which were limited to casual partnership, unprotected sex, and previous contraction of sexual diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Science, College of Natural Sciences, Dongduk Women's University, 23-1 Wolgok-dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, South Korea, 136-714. mj748@dongduk.ac.kr.|Center for Community-Based Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA. mj748@dongduk.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Minsoo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.affiliation: Korea Federation for HIV/AIDS Prevention, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Dongseok
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.affiliation: Korea Federation for HIV/AIDS Prevention, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Ji-Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Oh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D044469:Racial Groups; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D000072339:Sexual and Gender Minorities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000208:ethnology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: HIV/AIDS; Homosexual; Migrant; Sexual risk-taking; Sexually transmitted disease; South Korea