Review on the association between social culture and HIV prevalence among MSM in China
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-9624.2015.11.020
- VernacularTitle:社会文化因素对男男性行为人群艾滋病传播的影响
- Author:
Huijing HE
1
;
Fan LYU
Author Information
1. 中国疾病预防控制中心性病艾滋病预防控制中心
- Keywords:
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome;
Homosexuality,male;
Sub-culture
- From:
Chinese Journal of Preventive Medicine
2015;49(11):1023-1026
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Social culture have significant influence on HIV transmission.Men who have sex with men(MSM), have their own sub-culture, by which made them very different with other population in social norm, behavior mode, as well as some HIV related behavior and the disease transmission risk.Up to date, study focused on the association between social culture and HIV transmission among MSM was limited, thus we reviewed relevant studies in the view of social culture and sub-culture of MSM, analyzed how social culture could potentially influence HIV transmission, and how sub-culture could affect MSM's friend-making, HIV risk behaviors in three aspects including social identity, social norm and social development.Furthermore, we provided some recommendations and suggestions on the future work.
