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Circumcision Status is Not Associated with Condom Use and Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Young Black MSM

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This study investigated whether intact young Black MSM differed from their circumcised counterparts regarding condom use behaviors and perceptions and HIV/Chlamydia/gonorrhea. Young Black MSM completed a self-interview, including a pictorial item assessing circumcision status and measures of condom use. Twenty-seven percent of 388 participants reported not being circumcised. With one exception, no associations tested approached significance. The mean frequency of unprotected insertive anal sex for circumcised men was about twice as high compared to those intact (P = .04). Intact young Black MSM did not differ from circumcised men relative to prevalence of STIs (including HIV) or condom use behaviors as reported only by insertive partners.

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Acknowledgments

This study was funded by a Grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to the first author, R01MH092226.

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  1. College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, 151 Washington Ave., Lexington, KY, 40506-0003, USA

    Richard A. Crosby & Angelica Geter

  2. The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, Bloomington, IN, USA

    Richard A. Crosby, Cynthia A. Graham, William L. Yarber, Stephanie A. Sanders & Robin R. Milhausen

  3. Department of Psychology, University of Southampton, 44/3016 Shackleton Building, Southampton, Hampshire, SO17 1BJ, UK

    Cynthia A. Graham

  4. University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 N. State St., Jackson, MS, USA

    Leandro Mena

  5. Department of Gender Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA

    William L. Yarber & Stephanie A. Sanders

  6. Department of Applied Health Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA

    William L. Yarber

  7. Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada

    Robin R. Milhausen

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Crosby, R.A., Graham, C.A., Mena, L. et al. Circumcision Status is Not Associated with Condom Use and Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Young Black MSM. AIDS Behav 20, 2538–2542 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-015-1212-x

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