PMID- 12514418
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20030211
LR  - 20200930
IS  - 1525-4135 (Print)
IS  - 1525-4135 (Linking)
VI  - 32
IP  - 1
DP  - 2003 Jan 1
TI  - HIV knowledge and risk factors among men who have sex with men in Ho Chi Minh 
      City, Vietnam.
PG  - 80-5
AB  - OBJECTIVES: To describe health risk behavior, knowledge, and attitudes about 
      HIV/AIDS and its prevention in men who have sex with men (MSM) in Ho Chi Minh 
      City (HCMC), Vietnam. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey of 219 MSM using a 
      standardized questionnaire. RESULTS: Men who have sex with men were easy to 
      locate and willing to answer detailed questions about their sexual behavior. 
      Self-identified sexual orientation was 67% homosexual, 31% bisexual, and 1.4% 
      heterosexual. High-risk sexual behavior was common. The mean number of sexual 
      partners was 3.3 in the previous month and 14.8 in the previous year. Only 32% 
      used condoms during their last intercourse, and only 40% used a condom when their 
      last intercourse included anal sex. Eighty-one percent reported sex with 
      nonregular male partners, and 22% also had sex with women in the past year. Drug 
      use other than alcohol was rare. Most correctly identified high-risk sexual 
      behavior and body fluids that could transmit HIV; however, only about half knew 
      that someone who appeared healthy could transmit HIV or that there was no cure 
      for AIDS. Self-rated risk for HIV was very low, and fewer than one third believed 
      that homosexuals in Vietnam are at increased risk for HIV. CONCLUSION: Men who 
      have sex with men in HCMC are at high risk for HIV. Knowledge about HIV 
      transmission and prevention could be improved. Education and interventions 
      specifically aimed at MSM are needed, because education targeted at the general 
      population may not reach MSM or influence their behavior.
FAU - Colby, Donn J
AU  - Colby DJ
AD  - Group Health Cooperative, Seatle, Washington, USA. donncolby@columbiaasia.com
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
JT  - Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)
JID - 100892005
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Condoms/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Data Collection
MH  - HIV Infections/epidemiology/*prevention & control/*psychology/transmission
MH  - *Health Education
MH  - *Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
MH  - Homosexuality, Male/*psychology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Risk-Taking
MH  - Safe Sex
MH  - Vietnam/epidemiology
EDAT- 2003/01/07 04:00
MHDA- 2003/02/13 04:00
CRDT- 2003/01/07 04:00
PHST- 2003/01/07 04:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2003/02/13 04:00 [medline]
PHST- 2003/01/07 04:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1097/00126334-200301010-00012 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2003 Jan 1;32(1):80-5. doi: 
      10.1097/00126334-200301010-00012.