TY - JOUR
T1 - Do Bisexual Men Tell Their Female Partners About Having Male Partners? Results From a National Online HIV Prevention Survey in the United States
AU - Shearer, Kate
AU - Khosropour, Christine
AU - Stephenson, Rob
AU - Sullivan, Patrick S.
N1 - Funding Information:
Received 28 December 2011; revised 1 April 2012; accepted 14 April 2012. This work was supported, in part, by the Emory Center for AIDS Research (P30 AI050409), by the National Institute on Minority Health & Health Disparities (RC1-MD004370), and by the National Institute of Mental Health (R01-MH085600). Address correspondence to Patrick S. Sullivan, Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. E-mail: pssulli@emory.edu
Copyright:
Copyright 2012 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2012/7
Y1 - 2012/7
N2 - We describe the extent to which men who have sex with men and women (MSMW) tell their female sex partners that they have male sex partners and the association between disclosure of male partners and condom use with female partners. Data were from U.S. Internet-using MSMW recruited from a social networking Web site. Of 666 MSMW, 70% told their last female partner that they had male sex partners. MSMW who disclosed having male sex partners were equally likely to have used a condom during their last vaginal intercourse with a female partner (42%) as were men who did not disclose (47%). Because disclosure was not associated with condom use and condom use was low, it is important to continue efforts to promote consistent condom use, especially among females, regardless of the reported sexual orientation of their partners.
AB - We describe the extent to which men who have sex with men and women (MSMW) tell their female sex partners that they have male sex partners and the association between disclosure of male partners and condom use with female partners. Data were from U.S. Internet-using MSMW recruited from a social networking Web site. Of 666 MSMW, 70% told their last female partner that they had male sex partners. MSMW who disclosed having male sex partners were equally likely to have used a condom during their last vaginal intercourse with a female partner (42%) as were men who did not disclose (47%). Because disclosure was not associated with condom use and condom use was low, it is important to continue efforts to promote consistent condom use, especially among females, regardless of the reported sexual orientation of their partners.
KW - Men who have sex with men and women
KW - condom use
KW - disclosure
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U2 - 10.1080/19317611.2012.686965
DO - 10.1080/19317611.2012.686965
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84866652817
SN - 1931-7611
VL - 24
SP - 195
EP - 204
JO - International Journal of Sexual Health
JF - International Journal of Sexual Health
IS - 3
ER -