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General Reports
           

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
Preference for and Maintenance of Anal Sex Roles Among Men Who Have
Sex with Men: Sociodemographic and Behavioral Correlates.
Wei C, Raymond HF.

Arch Sex Behav
. 2010 May 13.
Abstract

HIV treatment optimism and unsafe anal intercourse among HIV-positive men who have
sex with men: findings from the positive connections study.
Brennan DJ, Welles SL, Miner MH, .et al
 
AIDS Educ Prev
. 2010 Apr;22(2):126-37
Abstract

Casual Sexual Encounters Among Gay Men: Familiarity, Trust and Unprotected
Anal Intercourse.
Zablotska IB, Grulich AE, De Wit J, Prestage G.
 
AIDS Behav
. 2010 Apr 8.
Abstract

Symptoms of substance dependence and risky sexual behavior in a probability
sample of HIV-negative men who have sex with men in Chicago.
Mackesy-Amiti ME, Fendrich M, Johnson TP
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2010 Mar 8.
Abstract

Sexual Risk Behavior and Drug Use in Two Chicago Samples of Men Who Have Sex
with Men: 1997 vs. 2002.
Fendrich M, Mackesy-Amiti ME, Johnson TP, Pollack LM.

J Urban Health
. 2010 Mar 9

Abstract
 

Sexual Risk Behavior and Drug Use in Two Chicago Samples of Men Who Have Sex
with Men: 1997 vs. 2002.
Fendrich M, Mackesy-Amiti ME, Johnson TP, Pollack LM.

J Urban Health
. 2010 Mar 9

Abstract

Sexual Partner Selection and HIV Risk Reduction Among Black and White Men
Who Have Sex With Men.
Eaton LA, Kalichman SC, Cherry C.

Am J Public Health
. 2010 Jan 14
Abstract

Sexual risk behaviour of men who have sex with men: emerging patterns and new challenges.
Hart GJ, Elford J.

Curr Opin Infect Dis
. 2009 Nov 25.
Abstract

Moderators of the Relationship Between Internalized Homophobia and Risky Sexual Behavior
in Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Meta-Analysis.
Newcomb ME, Mustanski B.
 
Arch Sex Behav
. 2009 Nov 4.
Abstract

Stable Sexual Risk Behavior in a Rapidly Changing Risk Environment: Findings
from Population-Based Surveys of Men Who Have Sex with Men in Seattle, Washington,
2003-2006.
Menza TW, Kerani RP, Handsfield HH, Golden MR.
AIDS Behav. 2009 Oct 15.
Abstract

A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Which HIV-infected MSM in care are engaging in risky sex and acquiring sexually
transmitted infections: Findings from a Boston community health center.
Mayer K, O'Cleirigh C, Skeer M,  et al
 
Sex Transm Infect
. 2009 Aug 30
Abstract

Reducing sexual risk behaviors and alcohol use among HIV-positive men who have
sex with men: A randomized clinical trial.
Velasquez MM, von Sternberg K, Johnson DH, et al 

J Consult Clin Psychol
. 2009 Aug;77(4):657-67
Abstract

FULL TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Racial Mixing and HIV Risk Among Men Who Have Sex with Men
Raymond HF, McFarland W
AIDS Behav DOI 10.1007/s10461-009-9574-6
Paper

Behaviorally Bisexual Men and their Risk Behaviors with Men and Women.
Zule WA, Bobashev GV, Wechsberg WM, et al  |
J Urban Health
. 2009 Jun 10.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
The Non-sexual Needs of Men that Motivate them to Engage in High-Risk Sexual Practices
with Other Men
Fernández-Dávila P
Forum: Qualitative Social Research Vol 10, No 2 (2009)
Paper

Sexual Compulsivity and Sexual Risk in Gay and Bisexual Men.
Grov C, Parsons JT, Bimbi DS.
Arch Sex Behav. 2009 Mar 24.
Abstract
 

A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Serostatus differences and agreements about sex with outside partners among gay male couples.
Hoff CC, Chakravarty D, Beougher SC,
et al   
AIDS Educ Prev
. 2009 Feb;21(1):25-38.
Abstract
 
Intentional Condomless Anal Intercourse Among Latino MSM Who Meet Sexual Partners on the Internet.
Balán IC, Carballo-Diéguez A, Ventuneac A, Remien RH.

AIDS Educ Prev
. 2009 Feb;21(1):14-24
Abstract
 
A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Condom Use and High-Risk Sexual Acts in Adult Films: A Comparison of Heterosexual and Homosexual Films.
Grudzen CR, Elliott MN, Kerndt PR, et al

Am J Public Health
. 2009 Feb 12

Paper
 
Testing for HIV and sexually transmissible infections within a mainly online sample of gay men
who engage in group sex.
Prestage GP, Hudson J, Jin F, et al
Sex Transm Infect. 2009 Feb;85(1):70-74
Abstract
 
Use of Saliva as a Lubricant in Anal Sexual Practices Among Homosexual Men.
Butler LM, Osmond DH, Jones AG, Martin JN.

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
. 2009 Jan 7
Abstract
 
The relationship of internalized homonegativity to unsafe sexual behavior in HIV-seropositive men who
 have sex with men.
Ross MW, Rosser BR, Neumaier ER; Positive Connections Team.
 
AIDS Educ Prev
. 2008 Dec;20(6):547-57
Abstract
 
Situational predictors of sexual risk episodes among men with HIV who have sex with men.
Wilson PA, Cook S, McGaskey J, et al 
Sex Transm Infect. 2008 Nov;84(6):506-8.
Abstract
 
Gay Men Who Engage in Group Sex are at Increased Risk of HIV Infection and Onward Transmission.
Prestage GP, Hudson J, Down I, et al
  
AIDS Behav.
2008 Sep 26.
Abstract
 
Predictors of HIV disclosure to secondary partners and sexual risk behavior among a high-risk sample of
HIV-positive MSM: results from six epicenters in the US.
Simon Rosser BR, Horvath KJ, Hatfield LA, et al

AIDS Care
. 2008 Sep;20(8):925-30.
Abstract
 
Moderators of Sexual Behavior in Gay Men.
Moskowitz DA, Roloff ME. 

Arch Sex Behav.
2008 Aug 22.
Abstract
 
Sexual Behavior and Risk Factors for HIV Infection Among Homosexual and Bisexual Men in Thailand.
Li A, Varangrat A, Wimonsate W, Chemnasiri T, et al 

AIDS Behav. 2008 Aug
Abstract
 
FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Epidemiology of male same-sex behaviour and associated sexual health indicators in low- and middle-income countries:
2003-2007 estimates.

Cáceres CF, Konda K, Segura ER, Lyerla R.

Sex Transm Infect.
2008 Aug;84 Suppl 1:i49-i56.
Paper
 
Differential HIV Risk Behavior among Men who have Sex with Men Seeking Health-Related Mobile Van Services
at Diverse Gay-Specific Venues.

Reisner SL, Mimiaga MJ, Skeer M, et al 
AIDS Behav. 2008 Jul 19.
Abstract
 
FULL- TEXT PDF ARTICLE
The characterisation of sexual behaviour in Chinese male university students who have sex with other men:
a cross-sectional study.
Cong L, Ono-Kihara M, Xu G, et al 

BMC Public Health
. 2008 Jul 22;8(1):250.
Paper
 
In the shadows of a prevention campaign: sexual risk behavior in the absence of crystal
methamphetamine.

Grov C, Parsons JT, Bimbi DS.
AIDS Educ Prev. 2008 Feb;20(1):42-55.

Abstract
 
Sexual Compulsivity among Men in a Decentralized MSM Community of the Midwestern United States.
Satinsky S, Fisher C, Stupiansky , et al

AIDS Patient Care STDS.
2008 May 15.
Abstract

Antiretroviral Drug Resistance and Risk Behavior Among Recently HIV-Infected Men
Who Have Sex With Men.
Gorbach PM, Drumright LN, Javanbakht M, et al  

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr.
2008 Feb 14

Abstract
 

A discursive approach to disinhibition theory: the normalization of unsafe sex among gay men.
Aguinaldo JP, Myers T.
Qual Health Res. 2008 Feb;18(2):167-81.
Abstract
 
Serosorting Sexual Partners and Risk for HIV Among Men Who Have Sex with Men.
Eaton LA, Kalichman SC, Cain DN, et al
 
Am J Prev Med.
2007 Dec;33(6):479-85.
Abstract
 
Explanations for the Origins of Sexual Compulsivity Among Gay and Bisexual Men.
Parsons JT, Kelly BC, Bimbi DS, et al
Arch Sex Behav. 2007 Sep 20;
Abstract
 
Changes in HIV treatment beliefs and sexual risk behaviors among gay and bisexual men,
1997-2005.
Kalichman SC, Eaton L, Cain D, et al 

Health Psychol.
2007 Sep;26(5):650-6

Abstract
 
Predictors of Unprotected Sex among Young Sexually Active African American, Hispanic, and
White MSM: The Importance of Ethnicity and Culture.

Warren JC, Fernández MI, Harper GW, et al

AIDS Behav.
2007 Aug 25;
Abstract
 
How Homosexual Men Believe They Became Infected With HIV: The Role of Risk
Reduction Behaviors.
Jin F, Prestage GP, Ellard J, et al
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2007 Aug 23;
Abstract
 
FULL TEXT ARTICLE
Prevalence of Same-Sex Sexual Behavior and Associated Characteristics among
Low-Income Urban Males in Peru.
Clark JL, Caceres CF, Lescano AG, et al
 
PLoS ONE.
2007 Aug 22;2:e778.
Paper
 
Determinants of High-Risk Sexual Behavior during Post-Exposure Prophylaxis to Prevent HIV
Infection.

Golub SA, Rosenthal L, Cohen DE, Mayer KH.
 
AIDS Behav.
2007 Aug 8;
Abstract
 
The relationship of stigma to the sexual risk behavior of rural men who have sex with men.
Preston DB, D'Augelli AR, Kassab CD, Starks MT.

AIDS Educ Prev.
2007 Jun;19(3):218-30.
Abstract
 
Sexual risk behavior among HIV-positive men who have sex with men: A literature review.
van Kesteren NM, Hospers HJ, Kok G.
 
Patient Educ Couns
. 2006 Nov 10;
Abstract
 
A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Obesity, Body Image, and Unsafe Sex in Men who have Sex with Men.
Kraft C, Robinson BB, Nordstrom DL, et al
Arch Sex Behav. 2006 Oct 10
Abstract
 
Unsafe Sex With Casual Partners and Quality of Life Among HIV-Infected Gay Men:
Evidence From a Large Representative Sample of Outpatients Attending French Hospitals
|(ANRS-EN12-VESPA).
Bouhnik AD, Preau M, Schiltz MA, et al  

Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
. 2006 Jun 12;
Abstract
 
A WEEK-IN-REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
Number of Risk Acts by Relationship Status and Partner Serostatus: Findings from the
HIM Cohort of Homosexually Active Men in Sydney, Australia.
Crawford JM, Kippax SC, Mao L, et al 

AIDS Behav.
2006 Feb 22;
Abstract
 
Unsafe Sexual Behavior and Correlates of Risk in a Probability Sample of Men Who Have
|Sex With Men in the Era of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy.
Brewer DD, Golden MR, Handsfield HH., et al
 
Sex Transm Dis.
2006 Feb 7
Abstract

Race/Ethnic Differences in HIV Prevalence and Risks Among Adolescent and Young
Adult Men who have Sex with Men.
Celentano DD, Sifakis F, Hylton J,  et al

J Urban Health
. 2005 Dec;82(4):610-21
Abstract
 
Trends in sexual risk-taking among urban young men who have sex with men, 1999-2002.
Guenther-Grey CA, Varnell S, Weiser JI, et a;
J Natl Med Assoc. 2005 Jul;97(7 Suppl):38S-43S.
Abstract
 
Unsafe sex and increased incidence of hepatitis C virus infection among HIV-infected men
who have sex with men: the Swiss HIV Cohort Study.
Rauch A, Rickenbach M, Weber R, er al 
Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Aug 1;41(3):395-402.
Abstract
 
Need Fulfillment in the Sexual Relationships of HIV-Infected Men Who Have Sex With Men.
Craft SM, Smith SA, Serovich JM, Bautista DT.
AIDS Educ Prev. 2005 Jun;17(3):217-26.
Abstract
 
Partner Awareness of the Serostatus of HIV-Seropositive Men Who Have Sex With Men:
Impact on Unprotected Sexual Behavior.
Hart TA, Wolitski RJ, Purcell DW, et al
 
AIDS Behav
. 2005 Jun;9(2):155-166.
Abstract

Sexual Risk, Nitrite Inhalant Use, and Lack of Circumcision Associated With HIV
Seroconversion in Men Who Have Sex With Men in the United States.

Buchbinder SP, Vittinghoff E, Heagerty PJ 

J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
. 2005 May 1;39(1):82-89.

Abstract

Sexual risk, substance use, and psychological distress in HIV-positive gay and bisexual
men who also inject drugs.

Ibanez GE, Purcell DW, Stall R, et al
 
AIDS.
2005 Apr;19:S49-S55
Abstract
 
Sexuality and Sexual Risk Behavior in HIV-Positive Men Who Have Sex With Men.
van Kesteren NM, Hospers HJ, Kok G, van Empelen P.
 
Qual Health Res.
2005 Feb;15(2):145-68.
Abstract
 
The Influence of Partner Type and Risk Status on the Sexual Behavior of Young Men
Who Have Sex With Men Living With HIV/AIDS.
Lightfoot M, Song J, Rotheram-Borus MJ, Newman P. 
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2005 Jan 1;38(1):61-68.
Abstract
 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
High-Risk Sexual Behavior by HIV-Positive Men Who Have Sex with Men ---
16 Sites, United States, 2000--2002

CDC
MMWR 
October 1, 2004 / Vol. 53 / No. 38
Paper
 
Correlates of High-Risk Sexual Behavior among Young Men Who Have Sex with Men.
Dudley MG, Rostosky SS, Korfhage BA, Zimmerman RS. et al   

AIDS Educ Prev.
2004 Aug;16(4):328-40.
Abstract
 
Per-contact risk of human immunodeficiency virus transmission between  male sexual
partners.
Vittinghoff E, Douglas J, Judson F, et al.
Am J Epidemiol 1999 Aug 1;150(3):306-1
Abstract

 
Effect of sexual behavior change on long-term human immunodeficiency virus prevalence
among homosexual men.
Morris M, Dean L.
Am J Epidemiol 1994 Aug 1;140(3):217-32
Abstract
 
 
        Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
 
A Comparison of Sexual Behavior Patterns among Heterosexual Men and Women and Men
Who Have Sex with Men

S Nelson, M Morris, B Foxman,  et al
(17 CROI)
Abstract

Trajectories of sexual behavior among aging MSM
SH Lim, R Stall, A Silvestre, et al 
(136th APHA)
Abstract
 

Civic Engagement and Risky Sexual Behavior Among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM)
AM Muriuki, M Fendrich, AM Lippert, et al  
(136th APHA)
Abstract
 
Assessing risk in men who have sex with men (MSM) based on number of sexual partners
CM. Fisher, D Koceja, M Reece, et al
(136th APHA)
Abstract
 
A WEEK IN REVIEW FEATURED REPORT
POWERPOINT POSTER PRESENTATION

Which HIV-infected men who have sex with men (MSM) in care are most likely to transmit HIV to others?
K Mayer
(XVII  International AIDS Conference)
Poster Presentation
 
POWERPOINT POSTER PRESENTATION
HIV-service-based screening for violence (GBV and discrimination) in marginalized vulnerable
populations (MSM/TG)
A Eckman

(XVII  International AIDS Conference)
Poster Presentation
 
Use of a structured sex diary to explore situational factors impacting HIV transmission risk episodes
among HIV+ MSM

P. Wilson, S. Cook, J. McGaskey, M. Rowe

(XVII  International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

HIV risk behavior of men who have sex with men (MSM) who report difficulty controlling
sexual behavior

A O'Leary, F Muench, J Morgenstern,  et al

(15IAC)
Abstract

Similar sexual behaviours with casual partners among gay men with and without a
regular partner

L M Kuyper, T M Lampinen, K Chan, et al

(15IAC)
Abstract
 
Agreements about outside sex partners support and hinder safety among gay
male couples

C C Hoff, L A Darbes, R Mahosadha, E Ramos-Soto

(15IAC)

Abstract
 
Confronting HIV risks among gay and bisexual Asian leathermen in San Francisco
B K P Chan, L Choi

(15IAC)
Abstract
 
Sexual health and sexual risk: Definitions and perceptions of gay, lesbian,
and heterosexual couples

D W Seal, K Ragsdale, J L Boller,  et al
(15IAC)
Abstract
 
Clinical work with addressing the increasing prevalence of unsafe sexual practices among
HIV positive gay men

J A Desiderio

(15IAC)
Abstract
 
Dipping is a problem among HIV-Positive (HIV+) men who have sex with men (MSM)
with HIV-negative (HIV-) and unknown status (HIV?) partners

C C Hoff, B Faigeles, R Wolitski, 
et al
(14IAC)
Abstract
 
High risk sexual behaviour increases among London gay men between 1998-2001: what is
the role of HIV optimism?

J Elford, G Bolding, L Sherr
(14IAC)
Abstract

Sexual Risk Reduction
           

         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Preexposure prophylaxis and predicted condom use among high-risk men who have sex with men.
Golub SA, Kowalczyk W, Weinberger CL, Parsons JT.
 
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
. 2010 Aug 15;54(5):548-55
Abstract

Effects of a behavioral intervention to reduce serodiscordant unsafe sex among HIV positive men |
who have sex with men: the Positive Connections randomized controlled trial study.
Simon Rosser BR, Hatfield LA, Miner MH, et al
 
J Behav Med
. 2010 Jan 26
Abstract

A Behavioral Intervention Reduces HIV Transmission Risk by Promoting Sustained Serosorting
Practices Among HIV-Infected Men Who Have Sex With Men.
Morin SF, Shade SB, Steward WT, et al
 
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
. 2008 Nov 4
Abstract
 

Discussing HIV Serostatus With Prospective Sex Partners: A Potential HIV Prevention
Strategy Among High-Risk Men Who Have Sex With Men.
Rietmeijer CA, Lloyd LV, McLean C.
Sex Transm Dis. 2006 Dec 12
Abstract

Environmental influences on safer sex in young gay men: a situational presentation
approach to measuring influences on sexual health.
Ross MW, Henry D, Freeman A, et al 

Arch Sex Behav. 2004 Jun;33(3):249-57.
Abstract

Sexual Risk Reduction Among HIV-Positive Drug-Using Men Who Have Sex With Men.
Patterson TL, Semple SJ.
J Urban Health. 2003 Dec;80 Suppl 3:III77-III87.
Abstract

 
 
          Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  Behavior Change in Year following Diagnosis with Recent HIV-infection among Southern California
Men Who Have Sex With Men

P Gorbach, R Weiss, R Jeffries, et al
(17 CROI)
Abstract

Group Sex
           

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 

 

The discourse of gay men's group sex: the importance of masculinity.
McInnes D, Bradley J, Prestage G. 
Cult Health Sex. 2009 May 14:
Abstract

 

Safer Sex Fatigue
           

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 

 

Association Between 'Safer Sex Fatigue' and Rectal Gonorrhea Is Mediated by Unsafe Sex With
Casual Partners Among HIV-Positive Homosexual Men.

Stolte IG, de Wit JB, Kolader M, Fennema HS, et al 

Sex Transm Dis.
2006 Feb 7

Abstract

 

Edging
           

          Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 

 

“Edging”: a potential HIV risk or resilience factor among men who have sex with men (MSM)
P. Case, A.L. Sussman, Z. Lazzarini

(XVII  International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

 


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