Factors Associated with Alcohol Use before or during Sex among Men Who Have Sex with Men in a Large Internet Sample from Asia

Cui Yang; Thomas E. Guadamuz; Sin How Lim; Stuart Koe; Chongyi Wei

doi:10.1089/lgbt.2014.0041

Factors Associated with Alcohol Use before or during Sex among Men Who Have Sex with Men in a Large Internet Sample from Asia

Cui Yang, Thomas E. Guadamuz, Sin How Lim, Stuart Koe, Chongyi Wei

Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Abstract

We explored factors associated with alcohol use before or during sex among a sample of 10,861 men who have sex with men (MSM) in Asia who were recruited online for the study. Multinomial logistic regression analysis indicated that having sex under the influence of alcohol was associated with having multiple male partners, seeking partners primarily through gay bar/gym/dance party/friends, selling sex and using multiple drugs during the past 6 months, and unprotected anal sex. More efforts are needed to better assess alcohol use and misuse among MSM in Asia and understand contextual influences on alcohol use and HIV-related behaviors in order to implement culturally-specific interventions.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	168-174
Number of pages	7
Journal	LGBT health
Volume	3
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1089/lgbt.2014.0041
State	Published - Apr 1 2016

Keywords

Asia
alcohol
men who have sex with men (MSM)
sex

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Dermatology
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Psychiatry and Mental health
Urology

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