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Gay youth and their precautionary sexual behaviors: the Sydney men and sexual health study

Gay youth and their precautionary sexual behaviors: the Sydney men and sexual health study
Gay youth and their precautionary sexual behaviors: the Sydney men and sexual health study
Many commentators have positioned Western gay youth as a high-risk group for HIV infection and obscured important cultural, social, and contextual differences between populations. This study compares risk of HIV transmission factors among 216 young (under 25 years) and 822 older (25 years or over) homosexually active men, recruited through Sydney gay community and other sources. Bivariate and multivariate analyses of survey data that were collected by personal interviews consistently supported our hypothesis of no difference in HIV-related risk factors between young and older men. Although young men in this cohort were more likely to be of unknown serostatus, they were at least as knowledgeable, as attached to gay community, and as precautionary in their sexual behaviors with regular and casual male partners as their older counterparts. Safety campaigns targeting these young gay men should focus, for example, on their lower rates of HIV antibody testing and not be based on a false premise of hedonistic, uninformed, and disenfranchised youth.
395-410
Van de Ven, P.
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Noble, J.
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Kippax, S.
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Prestage, G.
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Crawford, J.
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Baxter, D.
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Cooper, D.
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Van de Ven, P.
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Kippax, S.
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Crawford, J.
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Van de Ven, P., Noble, J., Kippax, S., Prestage, G., Crawford, J., Baxter, D. and Cooper, D. (1997) Gay youth and their precautionary sexual behaviors: the Sydney men and sexual health study. AIDS Education and Prevention, 9 (5), 395-410.

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Abstract

Many commentators have positioned Western gay youth as a high-risk group for HIV infection and obscured important cultural, social, and contextual differences between populations. This study compares risk of HIV transmission factors among 216 young (under 25 years) and 822 older (25 years or over) homosexually active men, recruited through Sydney gay community and other sources. Bivariate and multivariate analyses of survey data that were collected by personal interviews consistently supported our hypothesis of no difference in HIV-related risk factors between young and older men. Although young men in this cohort were more likely to be of unknown serostatus, they were at least as knowledgeable, as attached to gay community, and as precautionary in their sexual behaviors with regular and casual male partners as their older counterparts. Safety campaigns targeting these young gay men should focus, for example, on their lower rates of HIV antibody testing and not be based on a false premise of hedonistic, uninformed, and disenfranchised youth.

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Published date: 1997
Organisations: Agents, Interactions & Complexity

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Local EPrints ID: 265235
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/265235
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Date deposited: 29 Feb 2008 17:22
Last modified: 22 Jul 2022 17:57

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Author: P. Van de Ven
Author: J. Noble
Author: S. Kippax
Author: G. Prestage
Author: J. Crawford
Author: D. Baxter
Author: D. Cooper

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