We assessed the effects of beliefs about state
HIV criminal law on condomless anal sex (CAS < 3 months)
among men who have sex with men (MSM) residing in 16 US states
(n = 2013; M = 36 years old; 75 % White;
82 % HIV-negative) completing an online survey in 2010 and stratified by
residency in a state with any or sex-specific HIV criminal law(s) or where a
HIV-related arrest, prosecution, or sentence enhancement (APSE) had occurred.
Three-quarters of MSM reported that they were unsure of the law in their state.
Men who believed there was a HIV law in their state but lived in states without
any or a sex-specific HIV criminal law(s) had higher probabilities of CAS
compared to those who were unsure of their state's law; men who believed there
was a HIV law in their state and lived in a state where an APSE had occurred
had higher probabilities of CAS compared to those who were unsure of their
state's law.
Correct knowledge of state law was not associated with CAS.
Findings suggest that HIV criminal laws have little or counter-productive
effects on MSM's risk behavior.
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- 1Division of Epidemiology and Community Health (http://www.sph.umn.edu/academics/divisions/epich/), University of Minnesota, 1300 S. 2nd Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN, 55454, USA. horva018@umn.edu.
- 2Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S. 2nd Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN, 55454, USA
- AIDS Behav. 2016 Jan 16..
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