A Web-based Survey of HIV Testing and Risk Behaviors among Gay, Bisexual,and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men—United States, 2012

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• Alternative Title:
  HIV SurveillanceReport: Special Report; Number 14: A Web-based Survey of HIV Testing andRisk Behaviors among Gay, Bisexual,and Other Men Who Have Sex withMen—United States, 2012 [Revised February 2017]
• Personal Author:
  Bowles, Kristina ; DiNenne, Elizabeth ; Chavez, Pollyanna ; Elmore, Kim ; Prejean, Joseph
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (U.S.). Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention
• Description:
  Approximately 1.2 million persons in the United States were living with HIV infection in 2012. Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (collectively referred to as MSM) continue to be disproportionately affected by HIV infection. In 2013, MSM accounted for 81% of the estimated 37,887 HIV diagnoses among all males aged 13 years and older and 65% of the estimated 47,352 diagnoses among all persons receiving an HIV diagnosis that year. The National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS), which was released in July 2010 and updated in July 2015, calls for preventing HIV infection in the United States by reducing new infections, improving access to care and health outcomes for people living with HIV, reducing HIV-related disparities and health inequities, and improving the coordination of HIV programs across federal, state, territorial, tribal, and local governments.
  
  One of the key goals of NHAS is to reduce new HIV infections. An important step in reducing HIV infections is to intensify HIV prevention efforts in communities where HIV is most heavily concentrated and with a focus on high-risk populations. In order to better direct prevention efforts in high-risk populations, which include MSM, CDC conducts National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS). NHBS is con- ducted every 3 years among MSM in urban areas with high rates of HIV infection by using time-location sampling methods. NHBS is representative of MSM who reside in U.S. urban areas with high rates of HIV infection and who frequent certain physical venues (e.g., bars, clubs, and organizations), but may miss men who live in rural areas or who do not frequent typical MSM physical venues. Therefore, CDC explored additional methods for sampling MSM for a behavioral survey.
  
  Increasing proportions of Americans have access to high-speed Internet connections. Among U.S. males, 87% report using the Internet on mobile devices. In 2005, CDC piloted a web-based survey among MSM to examine the feasibility of using an Internet-based survey to collect behavioral data. Lessons learned from this pilot were used to conduct a national, Internet-based, self-administered survey among MSM in 2012, which was called the Web- based HIV Behavioral Survey among Men Who Have Sex with Men (WHBS). WHBS used a modified and shortened version of the NHBS questionnaire. WHBS collected cross-sectional, self-reported data on HIV status, HIV risk behaviors, HIV testing behaviors, and access to and use of HIV prevention services among Internet-using MSM in 2012. This report summarizes results from WHBS.
  
  A total of 18,771 persons accessed the survey link. Among the 14,151 who provided informed consent and were screened for eligibility, 1,004 (7%) were determined to be duplicate respondents (see Technical Notes). Of the 13,147 nonduplicate respondents, 11,178 (85%) were eligible to take the survey, and 10,384 (93%) of those eligible completed the survey (see Technical Notes for eligibility criteria). For Table 1, the sample was restricted to men who submitted a complete survey and reported at least 1 male oral or anal sex partner in the 12 months preceding the inter- view (n=9,019). For the remaining tables, the analysis sample was further restricted to men who did not self- report as HIV-positive in order to describe men at risk for HIV infection (n=8,166).
  
  
• Subjects:
  Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Epidemiology Bisexuality Data Interpretation, Statistical Epidemics Epidemiological Monitoring HIV Homosexuality, Male Public Health Surveillance Statistics Tables

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• Keywords:
  AIDS Bisexual Men DHP_HIV_Reports Gay Men Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM)
• Source:
  Web-based HIV Behavioral Survey among Men Who Have Sex with Men (WHBS)
• Series:
  HIV Surveillance Report
• Subseries:
  HIVSR Special Report
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Statistics ; Report
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• CIO:
  National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP)
• Division:
  DHP - Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention
• Topic:
  Diseases & Conditions
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  22 pdf pages
• Volume:
  14
• Citation:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A web-based survey of HIV testing and risk behaviors among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men—United States, 2012. HIV Surveillance Special Report 14. Revised edition. http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/library/reports/hiv-surveillance.html. Published February 2017. Accessed [date].
• Collection(s):
  Infectious Diseases
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