Abstract
Participants at a sexual health clinic completed a survey with questions regarding sexual risk behavior and partner characteristics. Of 585 participants eligible for analysis, 124 reported generally having older male partners. These participants were significantly more likely to be HIV-infected (p < 0.001), have four or more sex partners as a “bottom” (p = 0.04), have concurrent partners (p = 0.01), and have partners suspected of having an sexually transmitted infection (p = 0.05) than participants without older partners. With analysis restricted to HIV− individuals, risk behaviors did not differ significantly between the groups. HIV− individuals with older partners may be at increased risk of HIV infection due to increased HIV prevalence among older sexual partners and not due to increased risk behaviors with these partners.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2526-2532 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | AIDS and Behavior |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 1 2017 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2017, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
Funding
We acknowledge the invaluable contributions made by the Clinical and Nursing Staff at the Crossroads Clinic and the Open Arms Healthcare Center and all the volunteers that participated in this study. This work was supported by a Grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH092226).
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| National Institute of Mental Health | R01MH092226 |
Keywords
- Black
- HIV
- MSM
- Older partners
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Psychology
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Infectious Diseases
