Open AccessReceipt of Prevention Services Among HIV-Infected Men Who Have Sex with Men
Author(s) -
Wayne T. Steward,
Edwin D. Charlebois,
Mallory O. Johnson,
Robert H. Remien,
Risë B. Goldstein,
F. Lennie Wong,
Stephen F. Morin
Publication year - 2008
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.2007.124933
Subject(s) - serostatus , receipt , casual , medicine , sexual intercourse , transmission (telecommunications) , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , sexual behavior , demography , family medicine , environmental health , population , viral load , clinical psychology , sociology , world wide web , computer science , electrical engineering , composite material , engineering , materials science
Unprotected sexual intercourse remains a primary mode of HIV transmission in the United States. We found that receipt of services to reduce HIV transmission-risk behaviors was low among 3787 HIV-infected individuals and that men who have sex with men were especially unlikely to receive these services even though they were more likely to report unprotected sexual intercourse with seronegative and unknown serostatus casual partners. Greater efforts should be made to ensure that prevention counseling is delivered to all HIV-infected persons, especially men who have sex with men.