S China J Prev Med ›› 2015, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (6): 507-511.doi: 10.13217/j.scjpm.2015.0507

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Health service utilization of HIV/AIDS intervention among men who have sex with men in Baoan District, Shenzhen

FANG Fang1, QIAN Bing2, TU Yu shan2, SUN Qun lu2   

  1. 1.Public Health College of Sun Yat sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China;2.Baoan District Center for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Online:2015-12-20 Published:2016-02-26

Abstract: ObjectiveTo determine the level of knowledge held by men who have sex with men (MSM) regarding the utilization of health service program on HIV/AIDS in Baoan District, Shenzhen, so as to provide theoretical basis for the rational allocation and utilization of public health resources in the future.MethodsAnonymous questionnaires were used to investigate the demographic characteristics, sexual behavior characteristics, knowledge awareness and demand for AIDS and the service utilization on AIDS intervention for MSM in the club of MSM and Voluntary Counseling Testing (VCT) clinic in Baoan District using the snowball sampling method. Multivariable logistic regression was used to analyze the effect of health service utilization on the occurrence of high risk sexual behavior and HIV infection.Results Of 142 participants, 85.2% (121/142) knew the free HIV VCT service and 76.0% (92/142) knew the place to take the free testing. The overall awareness rate of AIDS was 87.3% (124/142); 57.7% of them wanted to know how to prevent AIDS. The overall coverage of service programs was 100.0 %, the coverage of internet propaganda was 80.3% (114/142), and VCT service coverage was 57.7 % (82/142). Of all the participants, 60.6% (86/142) had unprotected annual intercourse, 63.4% (90/142) had sexual intercourse with females, but only 32.2% (29/90) used condoms every time. The HIV infection rate was 15.1%. In the multivariable logistic regression model, whether consulting physicians (OR, 3.07; 95% CI, 1.43-6.61) and whether accepting free condom or brochure (OR, 2.55; 95%CI, 1.19-5.44) were the influencing factors for infecting HIV and whether had umprotected annual intercourse,respectively.ConclusionThe utilization of HIV/AIDS health services was not good enough among MSM in Baoan District, Shenzhen. HIV/AIDS intervention service propaganda should be intensified and more suitable service programs, provided for MSM to reduce the HIV infection.

CLC Number: 

  • R512.91