Risk perception and health
behaviors result from individual-level factors influenced by specific
partnership contexts.
We explored individual- and partner-level factors
associated with partner-specific perceptions of HIV/STI risk among 372
HIV/STI-positive MSM and transgender women (TW) in Lima, Peru.
Generalized
estimating equations explored participants' perception of their three most
recent partner(s) as a likely source of their HIV/STI diagnosis. Homosexual/gay (PR = 2.07;
95 % CI 1.19-3.61) or transgender (PR = 2.84; 95 % CI
1.48-5.44) partners were more likely to be considered a source of infection
than heterosexual partners.
Compared to heterosexual respondents, gay and
TW respondents were less likely to associate their partner with HIV/STI
infection, suggesting a cultural link between gay or
TW identity and perceived HIV/STI risk.
Our findings demonstrate a need for
health promotion messages tailored to high-risk MSM partnerships addressing how
perceived HIV/STI risk aligns or conflicts with actual transmission risks in
sexual partnerships and networks.
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- 1Division of Infectious Diseases and Program in Global Health, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 10833 Leconte Avenue, CHS 37-121, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA. cherieblair@mednet.ucla.edu.
- 2Division of Infectious Diseases and Program in Global Health, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 10833 Leconte Avenue, CHS 37-121, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
- 3Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, USA.
- 4Asociación Civil Impacta Salud y Educación, Lima, Peru.
- AIDS Behav. 2016 Jan 14.
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