HIV prevention with young men who have sex with men: what young men themselves say is needed. Medical College of Wisconsin CITY Project Research Team. AIDS Care 2000 Feb;12(1):5-26
Date
03/15/2000Pubmed ID
10716014DOI
10.1080/09540120047431Scopus ID
2-s2.0-0033964894 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 84 CitationsAbstract
Young men who have sex with men (YMSM), and particularly ethnic minority YMSM, experience high incidence HIV infection due to continued patterns of high-risk sexual behaviour. The intent of this research was to systematically solicit input and recommendations from YMSM themselves concerning the kinds of HIV prevention programmes that would best meet their needs and would address risk issues they believed are critical. In-depth qualitative interviews were conducted with a sample of 72 purposively selected YMSM to identify necessary components of HIV prevention targeting YMSM. Respondents noted a need for comprehensive HIV prevention programmes that addressed issues related to dating and intimacy, sexuality and arousal, drugs and alcohol, self-esteem and self-worth, abuse and coercion, and sexual identity. Respondents emphasized the importance of keeping programmes confidential, fun, comfortable, accepting and open to all YMSM regardless of sexual identity. Identified community resource needs included safe havens for youth, more peer educators and older MSM mentors, increased school-based sexuality education, and greater support from the society at large as well as from churches, the gay community and communities of Color. Implications of these findings for HIV prevention are discussed.
Author List
Seal DW, Kelly JA, Bloom FR, Stevenson LY, Coley BI, Broyles LAAuthor
Jeffrey A. Kelly PhD Professor in the Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AdolescentAdult
HIV Infections
Health Education
Homosexuality, Male
Humans
Male
Minority Groups
Risk-Taking
Self Concept
Sexual Behavior
Wisconsin
