This study examined the association between HIV transmission risk perception and the sexual risk behaviors of HIV–positive men who have sex with men. Respondents rated the degree of risk of transmitting HIV through insertive anal intercourse and insertive oral sex. We examined (a) the perceived level of HIV transmission risk assigned to each sexual behavior and (b) the association between perceived risk for HIV transmission and condom use during insertive anal intercourse and insertive oral sex. We found for behaviors that have achieved less risk consensus that as transmission risk perception increases, so too does the likelihood of condom use. This study highlights the need for more research in understanding how perceived health risk to others influences protective behaviors.
Author(s): Lisa Belcher 1 | Maya R. Sternberg 2 | Richard J. Wolitski 3 | Perry Halkitis 4 | Colleen Hoff 5 | Seropositive Urban Men's Study Team
Author(s) affiliations
1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, GA
2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, GA
3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, GA
4. New York University, New York
5. University of California, San Francisco
Address correspondence to Lisa Belcher, Prevention Research Branch, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd., Mailstop E–37, Atlanta, GA 30333; e–mail: fcb2@cdc.gov
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