Alcohol exacerbates the association between partner-related issues regarding condom use and condomless anal receptive sex among young Black men who have sex with men
Richard A. CrosbyA The Kinsey Institute at Indiana University, Lindley Hall, 150 S. Woodlawn Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA.
B The University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 N. State Street, Jackson, MS 39216, USA.
C Department of Health Behavior, University of Kentucky, 111 Washington Avenue, Lexington, KY 40506, USA.
D Email: crosbyr3@gmail.com
Sexual Health 16(6) 600-601 https://doi.org/10.1071/SH19030
Submitted: 11 April 2019 Accepted: 28 June 2019 Published: 31 October 2019
Abstract
This study determined associations between a three-item measure of partner-related issues regarding condom use (PRI-CU) and recent condomless anal sex among a sample of young Black men who have sex with men (MSM). Of 172 men indicating an absence of PRI-CU, 10.5% reported recent condomless anal receptive sex (CARS). In contrast, of 122 men indicating recent PRI-CU, 23.8% reported CARS (P = 0.002). Drunkenness during sex exacerbated this association; however, being high during sex conferred a protective value against the association between PRI-CU and CARS. Alcohol use during sex may magnify the potential for PRI-CU to result in CARS among MSM. Conversely, marijuana use may have the opposite effect.
Additional keywords: condomless anal sex, gay men.
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