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. 2012;24(4):290-302.
doi: 10.1080/19317611.2012.715120.

Predictors of HIV Sexual Risk Behavior among Men Who Have Sex with Men, Men Who Have Sex with Men and Women, and Transgender Women

Jane Rohde Bowers  1 , Catherine M Branson  2 , Jesse B Fletcher  3 , Cathy J Reback  4
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Predictors of HIV Sexual Risk Behavior among Men Who Have Sex with Men, Men Who Have Sex with Men and Women, and Transgender Women

Jane Rohde Bowers et al. Int J Sex Health. 2012.

Abstract

Men who have sex with men, men who have sex with men and women, and transgender women are at high risk for HIV infection. This study seeks to clarify which known HIV risk factors (partner type, sex location, serodiscordance, multiple sex partners, substance use during sex) contribute to engagement in high-risk (unprotected receptive anal) sex in each population. Data collected from June 2005 through June 2008 indicate all three populations display different HIV sexual risk profiles. The data suggest that HIV-prevention interventions should be individually tailored to address the specific needs of these three highly vulnerable and impacted populations.

Keywords: HIV/AIDS; bisexual men; gay men; men who have sex with men (MSM); sexual risk behaviors; transgender women.

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