Health risk perception and behavioral decision-making among online-dating MSM in Shandong, China: perspectives on HIV and new psychoactive substances
Online-dating MSM in Shandong Province have insufficient HIV self-perception risk and NPS harm awareness, compounded by anonymous partnering and cognitive-behavioral dissonance. It is recommended to implement subpopulation-targeted interventions, increase warning education, promote informed partnering practices, strengthen NPS harm awareness campaigns targeting youth, reinforce online regulation and health education, leverage online platforms and community organizations to expand intervention coverage, and achieve coordinated HIV prevention and control.
Authors
- Xiaoyan Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2246-2196)
- Guoyong Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1730-0758)
- Wei Ma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8092-3280)
- Yuyao Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6458-1412)
- Meizhen Liao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0900-7471)
- Na Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5510-5702)
- Lin Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5371-2138)
- Haiying Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2721-1484)
- Ling Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7704-0658)
- Yangji Zhuoma
Institutions
- Shandong University (CN)
- Shandong Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-05-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-23153-w
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.71
Funders
- National Key Research and Development Program of China