Sex partner meeting places over time among newly HIV diagnosed men who have sex with men (MSM) in Baltimore, Maryland

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• Alternative Title:
  Sex Transm Dis
• Personal Author:
  Jennings, Jacky M. ; Reilly, Meredith L. ; Perin, Jamie ; Schumacher, Christina ; Sharma, Megha ; Safi, Amelia Greiner ; Fields, Errol L. ; Muvva, Ravikiran ; Nganga-Good, Carolyn ; Chaulk, Patrick
• Description:
  Background
  
  Sex partner meeting places may be important locales to access men who have sex with men (MSM) and implement targeted human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) control strategies. These locales may change over time, but temporal evaluations have not been performed.
  
  Methods
  
  The objectives of this study were to describe the frequency of report of MSM sex partner meeting places over time, and to compare frequently reported meeting places in the past five years and past year among newly HIV diagnosed MSM in Baltimore City, Maryland. Public health HIV surveillance data including partner services information was obtained for this study from the Baltimore City Health Department from May 2009 to June 2014.
  
  Results
  
  869 sex partner meeting places were reported, including 306 unique places. Bars/clubs (31%) and internet-based sites (38%) were the most frequently reported meeting place types. Over the five year period, the percentage of bars/clubs decreased over time and the percentage of internet-based sites increased over time. Among bars/clubs, 4/5 of those most frequently reported in the past five years were also most frequently reported in the most recent year. Among internet-based sites, 3/5 of those most frequently reported in the past five years were also in the top five most frequently reported in the past year.
  
  Conclusion
  
  This study provides a richer understanding of sex partner meeting places reported by MSM over time and information to health departments on types of places to access a population at high risk for HIV transmission.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adult Alcohol Drinking Article Baltimore Cross-Sectional Studies Health Promotion HIV HIV Control HIV Infections HIV Transmission Homosexuality, Male Humans Internet Male Men Who Have Sex With Men Public Health Risk-Taking Sex Partner Meeting Places Sexual Behavior Sexual Partners Social Behavior Social Networking

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• Source:
  Sex Transm Dis. 42(10):549-553.
• Pubmed ID:
  26372926
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4571287
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  3R01DA031030-04S1/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States ; F31 DA038540/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States ; P30 AI094189/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States ; PS12-1201/PS/NCHHSTP CDC HHS/United States ; R01 DA031030/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States ; T32 AI050056/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States ; T32 AI050056-12/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States ; T32 HD052459/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States ; T32-HD052459/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States ; T71MC08054/PHS HHS/United States
• Volume:
  42
• Issue:
  10
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:331a771944e3c03587824775328f9a4c3657552261792c93604058fa7eeb0686
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/36193/cdc_36193_DS1.pdf
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