Journal article
Prevalence and correlates of lifetime and recent HIV testing among men who have sex with men (MSM) who use mobile geo-social networking applications in Greater Tokyo
AO Hill, BR Bavinton, G Armstrong
Plos One | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2019
Abstract
Men who have sex with men (MSM) are disproportionately burdened by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), accounting for 78% of all Japanese male HIV cases in 2016. Over 30% of newly identified HIV infections in Japan are diagnosed as AIDS annually, suggesting a large proportion of people living with HIV were unaware of their own infection status. An estimated two-thirds of Japanese men who have sex with men (MSM) are not attached to the gay community, and previous studies have largely sampled gay venues, thus, previous studies have likely failed to reach many men in this population. This study therefore examined HIV testing prevalence and correlates among MSM in Greater Tokyo who use gay m..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
The authors wish to acknowledge the funding and support of the Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Stipend Scholarship & International Postgraduate Research Scholarship, and the University of Melbourne Faculty of Arts Graduate School of Social and Political Sciences. Additionally, Dr Gregory Armstrong is funded by an Early Career Fellowship with the National Health and Medical Research Council in Australia (APP1138096). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.