caa a22 4500 606232842 CHVBK 20210128101229.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10508-014-0463-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10508-014-0463-3 Meeting Sex Partners Through the Internet, Risky Sexual Behavior, and HIV Testing Among Sexually Transmitted Infections Clinic Patients [Elektronische Daten] [Monique Brown, River Pugsley, Steven Cohen] The Internet has now become a popular venue to meet sex partners. People who use the Internet to meet sex partners may be at a higher risk for contracting HIV and STIs. This study examined the association between meeting sex partners from the Internet, and HIV testing, STI history, and risky sexual behavior. Data were obtained from the Virginia Department of Health STD Surveillance Network. Logistic regression models were used to obtain crude and adjusted odds ratios, and 95% confidence intervals for the associations between meeting sex partners through the Internet and ever tested for HIV, HIV testing in the past 12months, STI history, and risky sexual behavior. Logistic regression was also used to determine if gender and men who have sex with men interaction terms significantly improved the model. Women who met a sex partner from the Internet were more likely to have had an HIV test in the past 12months than women who did not meet a partner in this way. On the other hand, men who met a sex partner through the Internet were more likely to have ever had an HIV test than other men, but this was only seen for heterosexual men. All populations who met a sex partner from the Internet were more likely to take part in risky sexual behavior. HIV prevention strategies should emphasize annual testing for all populations. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2015 Internet nationallicence HIV testing nationallicence STI nationallicence Risky behavior nationallicence Surveillance nationallicence Brown Monique Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, 830 East Main St., 8th Floor, 23219, Richmond, VA, USA aut Pugsley River Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, 830 East Main St., 8th Floor, 23219, Richmond, VA, USA aut Cohen Steven Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, 830 East Main St., 8th Floor, 23219, Richmond, VA, USA aut Archives of Sexual Behavior Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 44/2(2015-02-01), 509-519 0004-0002 44:2<509 2015 44 10508 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-014-0463-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-014-0463-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Brown Monique Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, 830 East Main St., 8th Floor, 23219, Richmond, VA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pugsley River Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, 830 East Main St., 8th Floor, 23219, Richmond, VA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cohen Steven Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, 830 East Main St., 8th Floor, 23219, Richmond, VA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Archives of Sexual Behavior Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 44/2(2015-02-01), 509-519 0004-0002 44:2<509 2015 44 10508