A qualitative study of international students’ sexual health information behaviours: The case of Chinese men who have sex with men

Abstract

There has been an increase in HIV diagnoses among Chinese men who have sex with men international students (CMISs) in Australia. However, there is not a lot of understanding about the sexual health information of this cohort of transient students. There are often assumptions of low sexual health literacy and other vulnerabilities made about this cohort, but the actual cultural and systemic barriers are not well understood. In particular, there is a lack of understanding about their sexual health information behaviours. Data were collected through semi-struc-tured in-depth interviews among ten CMISs in Australia, recruited from social dating apps and snowballing methods. Within this sample, t..