Original scientific paper
Risk Behaviors for Getting HIV Infection among the Croatian Men Who Have Sex with Men in 2007
Branko Kolarić
Dinko Stajduhar
Abstract
This survey was conducted with the aim of obtaining the information on the sexual risk behavior of Croatian men
who have sex with men (MSM) two years after the first research. There was total of 820 respondents recruited at seven
frequent meeting places of Croatian MSM in Zagreb and Rijeka, as well as one gay-oriented web-site. The overall response
rate was 17.6% which is 1.4 percentage point less than it was two years ago. The rate of condom use during last
anal intercourse was 53.2% and 69% of those who used a lubricant had chosen a correct water-based product which is increase
of 15% comparing to the last research. Only 27% of those who had also had sex with women (MSM/MSW) during
last 12 months regularly used protection. The results of this research suggest that there are trends in declining of some
risk behaviors among Croatian MSM but there is a lot o
Keywords
Croatia; MSM; MSM/MSW; behavior
Hrčak ID:
72185
URI
Publication date:
30.9.2011.
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