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Is the experience of hunger associated with risk of engaging in condomless anal sex among minority young men who have sex with men?
- Source :
- Int J STD AIDS
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2020.
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Abstract
- Although emerging evidence suggests that hunger may be a risk factor for engaging in risk behaviors that lead to HIV acquisition, this has rarely been explored for young minority men who have sex with men (YMSM). This study explored a range of sexual risk behaviors for associations with a measure of hunger, assessed among 448 YMSM residing in Los Angeles, CA. Forty-five percent experienced hunger (past 12 months). Hunger was significantly associated with engaging in any condomless anal receptive sex (CARS) (adjusted odds ratio = 1.74; 95% confidence interval = 1.01–3.01; P = .049). Further, hunger was also significantly associated with a greater percentage of CARS (Beta = .12; t = 2.18; P = .03). Parallel effects were not observed relative to condomless anal insertive sex. Findings suggest that the experience of hunger among young minority MSM is generally not associated with a milieu of sexual risk. One important exception is that hunger may lead to having CARS. This suggests a potential ‘trade off’ for receptive partners experiencing hunger and partially supports the idea that at hunger may predispose minority YMSM to partner demands not to use condoms.
- Subjects :
- Male
Hunger
Sexual Behavior
media_common.quotation_subject
Black People
Dermatology
Article
Food Supply
Men who have sex with men
Condoms
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
Risk-Taking
0302 clinical medicine
Surveys and Questionnaires
Humans
Medicine
Pharmacology (medical)
030212 general & internal medicine
Homosexuality
Homosexuality, Male
Young adult
Risk factor
Hiv acquisition
media_common
030505 public health
Unsafe Sex
business.industry
digestive, oral, and skin physiology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Risk behavior
Hispanic or Latino
Los Angeles
Sexual Partners
Infectious Diseases
0305 other medical science
business
Risk taking
Anal sex
Demography
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17581052 and 09564624
- Volume :
- 31
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of STD & AIDS
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....72c248203a8e3130cc8c334cafa8ad73