1.Status on sexual partners among men who have sex with men among college students in Qingdao,2016
Xiaofei ZHANG ; Cuixia LYU ; Jietao ZHENG ; Lei DONG ; Zhenxia JIANG ; Jihua FU
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology 2017;38(12):1638-1641
Objective To investigate the situation of sexual partners and related factors among men who have sex with men (MSM) in college students.Methods Snowball sampling and Convenience sampling were both used to recruit MSM from colleges in Tsingtao in 2016.Questionnaire-based interviews were conducted to collect data of socio-demographic and situation of sexual partners.Sample Size was estimated based on cross-sectional study,and theoretical 267.SPSS 17.0 software was used for statistical analysis.Results A total of 300 MSM,average aged 20.7,were analyzed.Both first sex partner and the last same-sex sexual partner were mct instantly,with proportions as 58.7% (176/300) and 62.3% (187/300) respectively.Among all the MSM,88.3% (265/300) preferred selecting men as sex partners and 42.7% (128/300) enjoyed finding sex partners in college,while 86.0% (258/300) preferred finding their sex partners through intemet.Conclusions Intemet had been the major way of looking for sex partner among MSM in college students,the male sexual partner were met instantly.We should focus on men who have sex with men and their sexual health among college students to prevent and control HIV/AIDS.
2.Gender characteristics and HIV/AIDS related knowledge awareness and behaviors of transgender women
Wukang CHEN ; Xiaofei ZHANG ; Cuixia LYU ; Lei DONG ; Yihui DU ; Jihua FU
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology 2016;37(1):76-79
Objective To understand the gender characteristics,HIV/AIDS related knowledge awareness and behaviors of transgender women.Methods A questionnaire survey was conducted among the transgender women recruited through snowball sampling in Jinan in 2014,and descriptive epidemiologic analysis was conducted on the survey results.Results A total of 55 transgender women were surveyed,all of them were male physically and female psychologically.Serious gender conflict occurred in 27 subjects (49.1%),and very serious gender conflict occurred in 8 subjects (14.5%).Thirty subjects dressed up as a man in social life,accounting for 54.5%;25 subjects dressed up as a women in social life,accounting for 45.5%.The average awareness rate of HIV/AIDS related knowledge was 57.9%(22/38).The awareness of knowledge about AIDS associated behaviors,such as multi sex partner and anal sex,was poor.For the lovers or sexual partners,58.2% of the subjects (32/55) would choose males and 50.9% of the subjects (28/55) had chosen males,and for the sex partner at latest sex,63.6%(35/55) of the subjects had chosen males.Up to 56.3% of the subjects had sex with casual sexual partners (net friends and partners of one-night stand) at latest sex behavior.Among the subjects surveyed,18(32.7%) never used condoms;29(52.7%) used condoms occasionally;4(7.3%) used condoms frequently and 4(7.3%) used condoms at each sex.Conclusions AIDS associated high risk behaviors were common among the transgender women,such as unprotected anal sex,multiple sexual partners,frequent sex and poor condom use.It is necessary to conduct the study of the HIV infection prevention in transgender women.