Lifetime prevalence and correlates of female condom use for anal sex in a geographically diverse sample of Men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United States

Elizabeth Kelvin; Viraj Patel; Chloe Mirzayi; Kathryn Anastos; Christian Grov

doi:10.1080/19317611.2020.1813860

Lifetime prevalence and correlates of female condom use for anal sex in a geographically diverse sample of Men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United States

Int J Sex Health. 2020 Oct 5;32(4):331-341. doi: 10.1080/19317611.2020.1813860.

Authors

Elizabeth Kelvin^{1

2}, Viraj Patel³, Chloe Mirzayi¹, Kathryn Anastos³, Christian Grov^{2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, City University of New York, New York, USA.
² CUNY Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health, City University of New York, New York, USA.
³ Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York USA.
⁴ Department of Community Health and Social Science, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, City University of New York, New York, New York USA.

Abstract

Objectives: Examine use of the female condom (FC) for anal sex among Men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United States (US).

Methods: An online survey among 3,837 MSM.

Results: 5.2% had used the FC for anal sex. Use was higher among those who had used the FC for vaginal sex (OR=14.39, p<0.001), those with multiple partners, (OR=2.68, p=0.004), and those who were HIV-positive (OR=2.07, p<0.001) or on PrEP (OR=2.66, p<0.001).

Conclusions: FC use for anal sex was associated with risk of HIV infection/transmission and may be a risk reduction strategy used by MSM in the US.

Keywords: Female Condom; United States of America (US); anal sex; men who have sex with men (MSM).

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