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Internet use assists men's meeting of male sex partners, but does not promote unprotected sex.

Publication: Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
Publication Date: 01-SEP-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Internet use assists men's meeting of male sex partners, but does not promote unprotected sex.(Digests)

Article Excerpt
In a study of young men who have sex with men, online sex-seeking behavior was associated with having a greater number of partners, but not consistently with unprotected anal sex. (1) Men who reported using the Internet--either exclusively or not--to meet sexual partners reported greater numbers of recent partners than those who met partners only offline. Men who met partners both online and o ffline were more likely than those who met partners only offline to have unprotected anal sex; however, the odds of reporting unprotected anal sex were similar for men who met partners only online and those who did so only offline.

The study was based on data from U.S. men who have sex...

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