Prevalence of HIV infection and syphilis, sexual behaviors and awareness of HIV/AIDS related knowledge among men who have sex with men in China: a Meta-analysis of data collected from 2010 to 2013.

Qin Huang; Qiaoqiao LI; Yuan LI; Gang Zeng; Xinyu Cui; Peijing Yan; Fan Lyu; Email: Fanlv@vipsinacom; Rongsheng Luan; Email: Luan_rs@scueducn

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Prevalence of HIV infection and syphilis, sexual behaviors and awareness of HIV/AIDS related knowledge among men who have sex with men in China: a Meta-analysis of data collected from 2010 to 2013.

Author: Qin HUANG ¹ ; Qiaoqiao LI ¹ ; Yuan LI ¹ ; Gang ZENG ² ; Xinyu CUI ¹ ; Peijing YAN ¹ ; Fan LYU ³ ; Email: FANLV@VIP.SINA.COM. ; Rongsheng LUAN ⁴ ; Email: LUAN_RS@SCU.EDU.CN.
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1. West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
2. National Center for STD/AIDS Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
3. National Center for STD/AIDS Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention
4. West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
Publication Type:Journal Article
MeSH: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; China; epidemiology; HIV Infections; epidemiology; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Homosexuality, Male; Humans; Incidence; Male; Prevalence; Safe Sex; Sexual Behavior; Syphilis; epidemiology
From: Chinese Journal of Epidemiology 2015;36(11):1297-1304
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo understand the time and area specific prevalence of HIV infection and syphilis, sexual behaviors and awareness of HIV/AIDS related knowledge among men who have sex with men (MSM) in the mainland of China during 2010-2013.
METHODSAll the published academic papers on the prevalence of HIV infection and syphilis among MSM in the mainland of China from 2010 to 2013 were collected from CNKI, Wanfang and PubMed databases. Meta-analysis was performed by using software Stata 12.0.
RESULTSSixty six papers were selected. From 2010 to 2013 the pooled prevalence of HIV infection were 7.7% among the MSM (95% CI: 7.2%-8.3% ) and increased year by year, but the pooled prevalence of HIV infection was highest in southwestern China (12.0%). The pooled prevalence of syphilis were 10.9% among the MSM (95% CI: 9.8%-12.1%), and the pooled prevalence of syphilis was highest in southern China (14.4%). The incidence of anal sex was high (84.2%) in the past 6 months, but the consistent condom use rate was low (44.8%). The AIDS related knowledge awareness was high in the MSM (88.4%).
CONCLUSIONThe prevalence of HIV infection and syphilis were high among the MSM in the mainland of China during 2010-2013. It is necessary to explore the comprehensive intervention measures to promote condom use among MSM although they have high awareness of AIDS related knowledge.