Consistent condom use with regular, paying, and casual male partners and associated factors among men who have sex with men in Tamil Nadu, India: findings from an assessment of a large-scale HIV prevention program
Authors:
- Shreena RamanathanSRShreena Ramanathan
- Venkatesan ChakrapaniVenkatesan Chakrapani
- Lakshmi RamakrishnanLRLakshmi Ramakrishnan
- Prabuddhagopal GoswamiPGPrabuddhagopal Goswami
- Diwakar YadavDYDiwakar Yadav
- Thilakavathi SubramanianTSThilakavathi Subramanian
- Bitra GeorgeBGBitra George
- Ramesh ParanjapeRPRamesh Paranjape
Open Access
- 11 September 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Public Health
- Vol. 13 (1) , 827
Abstract
Men who have sex with men (MSM) are a marginalized population at high risk for HIV infection. Promoting consistent condom use (CCU) during anal sex is a key risk reduction strategy for HIV prevention among MSM. To inform effective HIV prevention interventions, we examined the factors associated with CCU among MSM with their regular, paying, and casual partners, as well as with all three types of partners combined.Keywords
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