Journal article
Age, ethnic and travel-related disparities in kissing and sexual practices among heterosexual men in Melbourne, Australia
FJ Charleson, CK Fairley, JS Hocking, LA Vodstrcil, CS Bradshaw, EPF Chow
Sexual Health | CSIRO PUBLISHING | Published : 2020
DOI: 10.1071/SH19230
Abstract
Background: The kissing practices of heterosexual men are not well understood, despite the potential of kissing to be a significant risk factor for gonorrhoea transmission. This study aimed to explore kissing and sex practices among heterosexual men. Methods: A cross-sectional survey among heterosexual men attending the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre in 2016-2017 was conducted. Men were asked to report their number of kissing-only (in the absence of sex), sex-only (in the absence of kissing) and kissing-with-sex partners in the last 3 months. The mean number of each partner type was calculated, and multivariable negative binomial regression was used to investigate associations between the nu..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
Eric P. F. Chow is supported by an Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Emerging Leadership Investigator Grant (GNT1172873). Christopher K. Fairley and Catriona S. Bradshaw are supported by an Australian NHMRC Leadership Investigator Grant (GNT1172900 and GNT1173361, respectively). Jane S. Hocking is supported by an NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship (GNT1136117). The authors would like to acknowledge Afrizal Afrizal for his assistance with data extraction and Jun Kit Sze for his assistance in implementing the 'Kissing' survey on the computer-assisted self-interviewing system at the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre.