Open AccessYouth Living With HIV and Partner-Specific Risk for the Secondary Transmission of HIV
Author(s) -
Jacky M. Jennings,
Jonathan M. Ellen,
Bethany Griffin Deeds,
D.R. Harris,
Larry R. Muenz,
William Barnes,
Sonia S. Lee,
Colette L. Auerswald
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/olq.0b013e3181ad516c
Subject(s) - medicine , men who have sex with men , demography , condom , transmission (telecommunications) , sexual partner , young adult , sexual transmission , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , gerontology , family medicine , gonorrhea , syphilis , microbicide , sociology , electrical engineering , engineering
Secondary transmission remains a significant concern among HIV-infected youth. Little is known, however, about how partner-specific sexual risk behaviors for the secondary transmission of HIV may differ between the 2 largest subgroups of HIV-positive youth, women-who-have-sex-with-men (WSM) and men-who-have-sex-with-men (MSM), METHODS: During 2003-2004, a convenience sample of HIV-infected youth, 13 to 24 years of age, were recruited from 15 Adolescent Medicine Trials Network clinical sites. Approximately 10 to 15 youth were recruited at each site. Participants completed an ACASI survey including questions about sex partners in the past year. Cross-sectional data analyses, including bivariate and multivariable regressions, using generalized estimating equations, were conducted during 2008 to compare recent partner-specific sexual risk behaviors between WSM and MSM.