Sexual orientation and characteristics of sexual behaviors among 200 HIV positive male college students in Beijing
10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2022.07.010
- VernacularTitle:北京市200名HIV阳性男大学生性取向和性行为特征
- Author:
SHAO Ying，HE Shufang，WANG Juan，CHEN Jing, ZHANG Ziyu, HUANG Haijing，YUAN Hong，SUN Lijun，HUANG Huihuang,LU Hongyan, ZHOU Feng
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Author Information
1. Clinic of Center for Infection, Beijing Youan Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing(100069), China
- Publication Type:期刊文章
- Keywords:
HIV;
Sexual behavior;
Homosexuality;
Heterosexuality;
Students;
Male
- From:
Chinese Journal of School Health
2022;43(7):999-1002
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To understand sexual orientation and characteristics of sexual behaviors related with HIV infection among HIV positive male college students in Beijing and to provide suggestions for development of sexual health education and HIV prevention strategy for student population.
Methods:HIV positive male college students diagnosed from 2016 to June 30, 2019 in Beijing were recruited. Questionnaire was used to retrospectively investigate sexual orientation and characteristics of sexual behaviors before HIV infection. Behaviors related to HIV infection were compared between absolutely homosexual and others sexual orientation.
Results:The average age of male students firstly identified to be HIV positive was (22.18±2.70) years old, 61.5%(123) of them were undergraduate, 69.5%(139) were not registered permanent residency in Beijing, 38.5%(77) of their interviewed sexual partners were from online chat and 83.0%(166) had homosexual behaviors. Sexual orientation score analysis showed that 50.0% of the participants self identified as exclusively homosexual. Compared with other sexual oriental group, exclusively homosexual group had lower mean age of their HIV infection firstly identified（ t =2.77， P =0.01）, higher rate of Rush use, firstly insertive sexual behavior with male, firstly insertive sexual behavior before 18 years old, sexual partners more than three persons, having regular partners, nonpersistent use of condom, being diagnosed of sexual transmitted disease and the frequency of homosexual behaviors more than 1 time per month （ χ 2=5.15,28.06,4.16,5.34,5.89,7.39,6.68, P <0.05）. Rush users had higher rate of STD diagnosis than non users in exclusively homosexual group ( χ 2=6.26， P =0.01).
Conclusion:Risky sexual behaviors associated with HIV infection were higher in exclusively homosexual group then other sexual orientation groups among HIV positive male college students. Family and school should concern with sexual health education byreinforcing health education via network media to improve college students’ awarenees on HIV/AIDS.
