Behavioral, health and psychosocial factors and risk for HIV infection among sexually active homosexual men: the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study. | Zendy

Lili Penkower | Zendy; Mary Amanda Dew | Zendy; Lawrence Kingsley | Zendy; James T. Becker | Zendy; Paul Satz | Zendy; Frederick W. Schaerf | Zendy; Kathleen Sheridan | Zendy

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Behavioral, health and psychosocial factors and risk for HIV infection among sexually active homosexual men: the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study.

Author(s) -

Lili Penkower,

Mary Amanda Dew,

Lawrence Kingsley,

James T. Becker,

Paul Satz,

Frederick W. Schaerf,

Kathleen Sheridan

Publication year - 1991

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.81.2.194

Subject(s) - psychosocial , seroconversion , medicine , multicenter aids cohort study , cohort , sexual intercourse , cohort study , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , demography , homosexuality , psychiatry , immunology , psychology , environmental health , population , sida , viral disease , sociology , psychoanalysis

We examined whether 644 homosexual men who engaged in receptive anal intercourse were at particularly elevated risk for seroconversion if they also possessed specific behavioral, health or psychosocial vulnerability characteristics. Of 11 potential factors examined, heavy drinking, moderate to heavy drug use, and younger age were significantly related to seroconversion. These variables were also associated with an increased number of sexual partners, anonymous sex, and failure to use condoms.

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