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Understanding Online And Offline Sex Seeking Behavior Among Young Men Who Have Sex With Men: Implications For Hiv/Aids Interventions, Winston Eromosele Abara
Understanding Online And Offline Sex Seeking Behavior Among Young Men Who Have Sex With Men: Implications For Hiv/Aids Interventions, Winston Eromosele Abara
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Men who have sex with men (MSM), especially in the southeastern US are disproportionately impacted by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Young MSM and African American MSM are particularly burdened accounting for a greater proportion of HIV/AIDS diagnoses. Factors such as risky sexual behavior, perception of sexual risk, ignorance about HIV sero-status, internalized homonegativity/homophobia (IH), stigma, and alcohol and illegal drug use have been advanced as reasons for this disproportionate burden. HIV/AIDS prevention efforts aimed at stemming the epidemic among MSM have focused on locations where MSM meet other men for sex such as parks, beaches, bathhouses, adult book stores, clubs, and …