Drug Use and Sexual Behaviors Among MSM in China

• DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2014.962048
• Publication Date: 2014-10-16T18:55:12Z
• Authors: Eric J. Nehl; Na He; Lavinia Lin; Tony Zheng; Jessica A. Harnisch; Yingying Ding; Frank Y. Wong
• Keywords: Cross-sectional study

AbstractBackground: This study explores patterns of drug use and related correlates among a sample men who have sex with (MSM) sell to other (aka “money boys”) in China. Objectives: Data were collected from MSM money boys (MBs) Shanghai, China using Community Popular Opinion Leader (CPOL) research design self-administered cross-sectional survey to: (1) describe (2) examine relationships between sexual behaviors general MBs. Methods: The consisted 402 (203 MBs) live Descriptive statistics regression analyses used explore associations make comparisons MBs MSM. Results: reported more drugs the last week, 3 months ever; after drugs, unprotected frequently than Additionally, many receiving free their clients those did receive very likely report having sex. Conclusions: It is crucial increase include Chinese policy conversation. These data suggest that differ widely based upon selling separate intervention strategies may be appropriate.Keywords : Drug usemoney boysMSMunprotected sexsexual behaviorspsychosocial variablesCPOL recruitmentChina