| Title |
MSM and Drug Use: A Latent Class Analysis of Drug Use and Related Sexual Risk Behaviors
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|---|---|
| Published in |
AIDS and Behavior, September 2013
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10461-013-0622-x |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
David McCarty-Caplan, Ian Jantz, James Swartz |
| Abstract |
This study examined patterns of drug use among gay men and other men who have sex with men (MSM) to identify sub-categories of men whose drug use and sexual behavior place them at especially high risk for HIV. A latent class analysis of a sample of MSM yielded a four-class model with two distinct high drug use sub-groups: one whose drug use concentrated on "sex-drugs" (SDU); and a distinct polydrug use class that showed higher probabilities of using all other drugs assessed. Comparative follow-up analyses indicated the SDU group was also more likely to engage in particular potentially high-risk sexual behaviors, be older, and to be HIV positive. Implications of distinguishing between patterns of drug use for HIV-risk prevention efforts with MSM are discussed. |
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| Researcher | 14 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 9% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 9% |
| Other | 20 | 23% |
| Unknown | 16 | 18% |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 15 | 17% |
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