Sexual Motivation, Sexual Transactions and Sexual Risk Behaviors in Men Who Have Sex with Men in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Overview

Journal AIDS Behav

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2014 Jun 4

PMID 24890184

Citations 10

Authors

Thanh C Bui

Joyce E Nyoni

Michael W Ross

Jessie Mbwambo

Christine M Markham

Sheryl A McCurdy

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Abstract

Understanding the associations between sexual motivation and sexual risk behaviors of men who have sex with men (MSM) is critical for developing effective HIV prevention interventions. To examine these associations, we employed data from a survey of 200 MSM in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, recruited through respondent driven sampling. Results showed that 44.5 % of surveyed participants most often looked for love/affection when having sex, and 36.5 % most often looked for money. Money-motivated MSM were more likely to identify themselves as bisexual, more likely to have anal sex, and had significantly higher numbers of partners of both sexes. Those who most often looked for love/affection were less likely to ask for condom use, to actually use a condom, and to use lubrication in anal sex. MSM with different sexual motivations had dissimilar sexual risk behaviors. Tailored health interventions for each group to reduce these sexual risks for STIs/HIV prevention are needed.

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