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How has the sexual behaviour of gay men changed since the onset of AIDS: 1986-2003

dc.contributor.author Prestage, Garrett en_US
dc.contributor.author Mao, Limin en_US
dc.contributor.author Fogarty, Andrea en_US
dc.contributor.author Van De Ven, Paul en_US
dc.contributor.author Kippax, Susan en_US
dc.contributor.author Crawford, June en_US
dc.contributor.author Rawstorne, Patrick en_US
dc.contributor.author Kaldor, John en_US
dc.contributor.author Jin, F en_US
dc.contributor.author Grulich, Andrew en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2021-11-25T15:01:44Z
dc.date.available 2021-11-25T15:01:44Z
dc.date.issued 2005 en_US
dc.description.abstract Objective: To report changes in sexual behaviour among gay men in Sydney from 1986 to 2003. Methods: Baseline data from four studies of gay men in Sydney were used: the Social Aspects of the Prevention of AIDS study (1986/87: 91 HIV-positive and 444 HIV-negative men); the Sydney Men and Sexual Health cohort (1993-95: 237 HIV-positive and 910 HIV-negative men); the Health in Men cohort of HIV-negative gay men (200103: 1,148 men); the Positive Health cohort of HIV-positive gay men (2001/02: 237 men). Each sample was recruited and interviewed using similar methods. Results: Fewer HIV-positive men had sex with casual partners over time (76.9% in 1986/87 to 63.7% in 2001/02; p=0.001), but more HIV-negative men had sex with 10 or more casual partners in the previous six months (27.7% in 1986/87 to 37.7% in 2001-03; p=0.012). The proportions engaging in particular sex practices with casual partners changed over time: anal intercourse without condoms that included ejaculation in the rectum fell from 29.4% among HIV-positive men and 32.4% among other men in 1986/87 to 17.8% and 10.0% respectively in 1993-95 (p=0.034 and p < 0.001 respectively), but increased to 37.7% and 18.4% respectively in 2001-03 (p-values < 0.001); rimming one`s partner increased from 36.8% among HIV-positive men and 17.6% among other men in 1986/87 to 63.6% and 52.3% respectively in 2001-03 (p=0.001 and p < 0.001 respectively). Conclusion: Gay men`s sexual behaviour with casual partners has changed over time, perhaps partly in response to HIV and partly as a general expansion of sexual repertoires. These changes have implications for gay men`s health. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1326-0200 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/44080
dc.language English
dc.language.iso EN en_US
dc.rights CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 en_US
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/au/ en_US
dc.source Legacy MARC en_US
dc.title How has the sexual behaviour of gay men changed since the onset of AIDS: 1986-2003 en_US
dc.type Journal Article en
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unsw.relation.faculty Medicine & Health
unsw.relation.faculty Arts Design & Architecture
unsw.relation.ispartofissue 6 en_US
unsw.relation.ispartofjournal Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health en_US
unsw.relation.ispartofpagefrompageto 530-535 en_US
unsw.relation.ispartofvolume 29 en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Prestage, Garrett, National Centre in HIV Epidemiology & Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Mao, Limin, National Centre in HIV Social Research, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Fogarty, Andrea, National Centre in HIV Social Research, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Van De Ven, Paul, National Centre in HIV Social Research, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Kippax, Susan, National Centre in HIV Social Research, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Crawford, June, National Centre in HIV Social Research, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Rawstorne, Patrick, National Centre in HIV Social Research, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Kaldor, John, National Centre in HIV Epidemiology & Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Jin, F, National Centre in HIV Epidemiology & Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Grulich, Andrew, National Centre in HIV Epidemiology & Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.school The Kirby Institute *
unsw.relation.school Centre for Social Research in Health *
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