Sociodemographic characteristics, community engagement and stigma among Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) who attend MSM-led versus public sexual health clinics: A cross-sectional survey in China
Community-based sexual health services are recommended to increase sexually transmitted disease (STD) testing among men who have sex with men (MSM). Pilot study data from multiple sites found that MSM in Guangzhou who use public STD clinics were found to have different sociodemographic characteristics, lower community engagement, and increased social cohesion, compared to MSM who use MSM-led clinics.
Authors
- Ligang Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6775-8970)
- Rayner Kay Jin Tan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9188-3368)
- Margaret Elizabeth Byrne
- Rong Mu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7332-4135)
- Gifty Marley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0025-3062)
- Weiming Tang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9026-707X)
- Tong Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9900-0307)
- Joseph D. Tucker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2804-1181)
- Dan Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5316-3706)
- Ye Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1922-0196)
- Cheng Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5850-4533)
- Qilei Sheng
- Qiwen Tang
- Christina Huon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2662-408X)
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Guangzhou University (CN)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Southern Medical University (CN)
- Nanjing Medical University (CN)
- Newcastle University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2024-10-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0310957
- Primary Topic
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Southern Medical University
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases