Analysis of HIV infection and its influencing factors among men who have sex with men in Wuxi City, 2016-2019 / 公共卫生与预防医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To analyze the situation of HIV infection and its influencing factors among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Wuxi city, 2016-2019, and to provide evidence for prevention and control of HIV infections in MSM. Methods Snowball sampling and online methods were used to recruit subjects, and a face-to-face questionnaire survey was conducted among MSM by professionally trained investigators. Blood samples were collected for HIV tests. Results A total of 1 451 MSM were recruited in this study. The awareness rate of AIDS related knowledge was 93.52%. The positive rate of HIV was 5.86%. The analysis of demographic characteristics showed that the differences between different age groups (χ2=18.81, P2=28.84, P2=12.63, P2=33.15, P0.05) for other factors. Conclusion It is necessary to strengthen health education and intervention measures among MSM.