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On holiday: a risk behavior profile for men who have vacationed at gay resorts.

TitleOn holiday: a risk behavior profile for men who have vacationed at gay resorts.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2009
AuthorsKaufman, Michelle R., Andrea R. Fuhrel-Forbis, Seth C. Kalichman, Lisa A. Eaton, Demetria Cain, Charsey Cherry, and Howard L. Pope
JournalJournal of homosexuality
Volume56
Issue8
Pagination1134-44
Date Published2009
ISSN1540-3602
KeywordsHomosexuality, Male, Humans, Leisure Activities, Male, Risk-Taking, Sexual Partners, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Substance-Related Disorders, Travel
AbstractSexual risk behavior is higher when people vacation as compared to when they are at home. The current study uses survey data to compare sexual risk behavior of gay men who vacation at gay resorts to those who do not. Independent predictors of vacationing at gay resorts included income level, relationship status, ever having attended a circuit party, and HIV serostatus. For men who visit resorts to meet sex partners, independent predictors included relationship status, ever having attended a circuit party, HIV serostatus, number of male sex partners in the past six months, and number of anal insertive male partners using a condom. These results show a need for the development of structural interventions in the gay resort and hotel setting.
DOI10.1080/00918360903275534
Alternate JournalJ Homosex

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