Favourable attitudes towards serosorting are associated with overall less frequent condom use among young Black men having sex men
Richard A. Crosby A C , Leandro Mena B and Angelica Geter AA College of Public Health at the University of Kentucky, 151 Washington Avenue, Lexington, KY 40506-0003, USA.
B University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State Street, Jackson, MS 39216, USA.
C Corresponding author. Email: crosbyr3@gmail.com
Sexual Health 13(1) 91-92 https://doi.org/10.1071/SH15156
Submitted: 29 June 2015 Accepted: 12 August 2015 Published: 5 October 2015
Abstract
This study determined whether YBMSM endorsing serosorting are less likely to use condoms. A questionnaire assessed men’s attitudes towards serosorting with a three-item scale; various sexual risk behaviours were measured using a 90-day recall period. Favourable attitudes toward serosorting were associated with a greater likelihood of condomless sex as a top (P < 0.001) and as a bottom (P < 0.001), as well as a lower likelihood of using condoms with main partners (P = 0.003). Findings suggest that YBMSM having favourable attitudes toward serosorting may be more likely to report condomless sex than their counterparts without favourable attitudes.
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