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

AIDS Behav. 2016 Nov;20(11):2538-2542. doi: 10.1007/s10461-015-1212-x.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Circumcision; Condoms; STIs.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Black People / psychology
  • Black People / statistics & numerical data
  • Black or African American / psychology
  • Black or African American / statistics & numerical data
  • Circumcision, Male*
  • Condoms / statistics & numerical data*
  • HIV Infections / epidemiology
  • HIV Infections / prevention & control
  • Homosexuality, Male*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Perception
  • Prevalence
  • Safe Sex / statistics & numerical data*
  • Sexual Partners*
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases / prevention & control
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Unsafe Sex / statistics & numerical data*
  • Young Adult