Characteristics of recently arrived Asian men who have sex with men diagnosed with HIV through sexual health services in Melbourne and Sydney

Asian men who have sex with men (MSM) who have recently arrived in Australia are an emergent risk group for HIV; however, little is known about how they compare to Australian MSM diagnosed with HIV. This study compared the characteristics of these two groups. A retrospective, cross‐sectional study o...

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Published in:Australian and New Zealand journal of public health 2019-10, Vol.43 (5), p.424-428
Main Authors: Blackshaw, Lucinda C.D., Chow, Eric P.F., Varma, Rick, Healey, Loretta, Templeton, David J., Basu, Ashna, Turner, Dane, Medland, Nick A., Rix, Suzanne, Fairley, Christopher K., Chen, Marcus Y.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Asian Continental Ancestry Group - psychology
Asian Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data
Australia - epidemiology
CD4 antigen
Clinics
Condoms
Cross-Sectional Studies
Disease prevention
Disease transmission
Drug use
Emigrants and Immigrants - statistics & numerical data
Foreign students
Gays & lesbians
Government programs
Health promotion
Health risks
Health services
HIV
HIV Infections - diagnosis
HIV Infections - ethnology
HIV testing
Homosexuality, Male - ethnology
Homosexuality, Male - statistics & numerical data
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Male
Mass Screening
Medical records
Medical tests
Medicare
Men who have sex with men
Mens health
Middle Aged
migrant
Passports & visas
Phylogenetics
Public health
Retrospective Studies
Risk-Taking
Sexual Behavior - ethnology
Sexual health
Sexual Partners
Sexually transmitted diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - ethnology
STD
Students
Studies
Variables
Young Adult
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Summary:Asian men who have sex with men (MSM) who have recently arrived in Australia are an emergent risk group for HIV; however, little is known about how they compare to Australian MSM diagnosed with HIV. This study compared the characteristics of these two groups. A retrospective, cross‐sectional study of MSM diagnosed with HIV between January 2014 and October 2017 in Melbourne and Sydney public sexual health clinics. Asian MSM were those who had arrived in Australia within 4 years of diagnosis. Among 111 Asian men, 75% spoke a language other than English, 88% did not have Medicare and 61% were international students. Compared with Australian men (n=209), Asian men reported fewer male sexual partners within 12 months (median 4 versus 10, p
ISSN:1326-0200
1753-6405
DOI:10.1111/1753-6405.12926