POLYDRUG USE, SEXUAL RISK, AND HIV TESTING AMONG CISGENDER GAY, BISEXUAL, AND OTHER MEN AND TRANSGENDER AND NONBINARY INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN IN KAZAKHSTAN

Lee Y.G. Zhakupova G. Vinogradov V. Paine E.A. Laughney C.I. Reeder K. Davis A. Hunt T. Mergenova G. Primbetova S. Terlikbayeva A. Wu E.
Oct 2022 Guilford Publications

AIDS Education and Prevention
2022 #34 Issue 5 413 - 426 pp.

This study examined substance use and sexual risk correlates of HIV testing among cisgender gay, bisexual, and other men (MSM) and transgender and nonbinary individuals (TSM) who have sex with men in Kazakhstan. We analyzed baseline data from an HIV prevention trial collected prior to intervention deployment (N = 304). Multivariable logistic regression analyses revealed that lifetime HIV testing was positively associated with poly-drug use (AOR = 4.4, 95% CI [2.0, 9.9]) and negatively with sexual risk (AOR = 0.4, 95% CI [0.2, 1.0]). Similarly, recent HIV testing was positively associated with polydrug use (AOR = 2.7, 95% CI [1.4, 5.2]) and negatively with sexual risk (AOR = 0.5, 95% CI [0.3, 0.9]). Current HIV testing was negatively associated with sexual risk (AOR = 0.6, 95% CI [0.3. 0.9]). Findings support the value of integrating drug treatment with HIV testing among MSM and TSM in Kazakhstan.

HIV/AIDS , Kazakhstan , men who have sex with men , transgender and nonbinary individuals

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Social Intervention Group, Columbia University School of Social Work, New York, NY, United States
Columbia University Global Health Research Center of Central Asia, Almaty, Kazakhstan
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, Columbia University and the New York Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, United States
Columbia University School of Social Work, New York, NY, United States

Social Intervention Group
Columbia University Global Health Research Center of Central Asia
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies
Columbia University School of Social Work

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