HIV-related Sexual Risk Taking Among HIV-negative Men Who Have Sex with Men in Zagreb,Croatia |
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| Authors: | Aleksandar ?tulhofer Valerio Ba?ak Ivana Bo?i?evi? Josip Begovac |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Ivana Lucica 3, Zagreb, 10000, Croatia;(2) ‘‘Andrija Štampar” School of Public Health, Medical School, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia;(3) University Hospital for Infectious Diseases “Dr. Fran Mihaljević’’, Zagreb, Croatia |
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| Abstract: | Croatia has a low-level HIV epidemic and, as in a number of other Central and Southeastern European countries, sex between
men accounts for most HIV infections. This study examines sexual behavior and the correlates of condom use in a snowball sample
of 342 HIV non-infected men who have sex with men (MSM) in Zagreb. The median age of participants in the sample was 27 years.
The majority of participants (81%) reported using condom at last anal sex with casual partner and 56% claimed to have used
condoms consistently at anal sex with casual partners in the last 12 months. HIV risk self-assessment and number of sexual
partners were significantly correlated with condom use at last anal sex with casual partner. Self-assessed HIV-risk and heterosexual
activity were found associated with consistent condom use at anal sex with casual partners. To sustain a low-level HIV epidemic,
targeted intervention among young MSM is needed in Croatia. |
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| Keywords: | HIV Men who have sex with men Sexual risk taking Condom use Croatia |
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