Understanding the HIV/STI risks and prevention needs of men who have sex with men in Nairobi, Kenya
Year: 2005
Type: report
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Despite increasing awareness of the role men who have sex with men (MSM) can play in the dynamics of HIV transmission in Africa, research on MSM in Kenya has been limited. In response to this gap, researchers from the Institute of African Studies at the University of Nairobi and the Horizons and FRONTIERS programs of the Population Council undertook a study of MSM in Nairobi. The overall goals of the study were to understand the extent to which MSM are at risk of HIV and other STIs, identify the factors associated with risk behaviors, and identify MSM sexual health needs in order to develop appropriate interventions. The ease with which this study recruited 500 men through snowball sampling suggests that the population of Kenyan MSM living in Nairobi is larger than is commonly believed. This situation, combined with the existence of risk behaviors, such as unprotected sex, among the study sample may have implications for the development of localized STI and HIV epidemics. The report recommends urgently needed interventions targeted to this population.
DOI: 10.31899/hiv2.1031
Institutions: Population Council, Population Council
Language: English
Subfield: Infectious Diseases
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Funders: United States Agency for International Development, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Tulane University, Johns Hopkins University, African Population and Health Research Center, National Commission for Science and Technology, Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health
Award: G8239810720
OpenAlex ID: W2260824733