title: Seeking Male Sexual Partners via Internet and Traditional Venues among Chinese Men Who Have Sex with Men: Implications for HIV Risk Reduction Interventions.
abstract: The dynamic nature of finding male sexual partners (sex-finding) among Chinese men who have sex with men (MSM) may play a substantial role in the HIV epidemic. We compared characteristics and behaviors of MSM who mostly sought sex via the Internet versus traditional venues in a cross-sectional survey among 3588 Chinese MSM. We assessed the sociodemographic predictors and compared high-risk behaviors of using Internet versus traditional venues for sex-finding. Compared to non-Internet MSM, Internet-user MSM were more likely to have been: younger, currently single, better educated, health-insured, with higher income, with Beijing residency ('Hukou'), living longer in the city, HIV-positive, ever using drug and engaging in condomless receptive anal sex. Internet sex-finding users were less likely to be sexually active for longer duration, drink alcohol, drink alcohol before sex, or ever have sex with women. Knowledge of differential characteristics of various sex-finding MSM can help design targeted interventions.
authors.affiliation: Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Suite 725, 2525 West End Avenue, Nashville, TN, 37203, USA.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Beijing Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Suite 725, 2525 West End Avenue, Nashville, TN, 37203, USA.|Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA.
authors.forename: Han-Zhu
authors.initials: HZ
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Hongjie
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Suite 725, 2525 West End Avenue, Nashville, TN, 37203, USA.
authors.forename: Lu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.affiliation: Beijing Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Hongyan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Suite 725, 2525 West End Avenue, Nashville, TN, 37203, USA.
authors.forename: Chen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control (SKLID), Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Yuhua
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ruan
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control (SKLID), Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Yiming
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.affiliation: Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Suite 725, 2525 West End Avenue, Nashville, TN, 37203, USA. sten.vermund@vanderbilt.edu.|Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA. sten.vermund@vanderbilt.edu.|Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA. sten.vermund@vanderbilt.edu.
authors.forename: Sten H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Vermund
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology; D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000208:ethnology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012747:Sexual Partners; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D047568:Unsafe Sex / Q000523:psychology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: China; HIV/AIDS; Internet; Men who have sex with men; Sex-finding