Open AccessMen Who Have Sex With Men—Identification Criteria and Characteristics From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999 to 2014
Author(s) -
Precious Esie,
Joseph Kang,
Elaine W. Flagg,
Jaeyoung Hong,
Tianqi Chen,
Kyle Bernstein
Publication year - 2018
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.0000000000000762
Subject(s) - national health and nutrition examination survey , men who have sex with men , medicine , demography , population , gerontology , environmental health , family medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , syphilis , sociology
This study aimed to provide identification criteria for men who have sex with men (MSM), estimate the prevalence of MSM behavior, and compare sociodemographics and sexually transmitted disease risk behaviors between non-MSM and MSM groups using data from a nationally representative, population-based survey.