Research Article HIV Prevention Services and Testing Utilization Behaviors among Men Who Have Sex with Men at Elevated Risk

Copyright © 2014 Dayong Huang et al.This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Objective. To investigate barriers and correlates of the use of HIV prevention services and HIV testing behaviors among men who have sex with men in Chongqing. Methods. Three consecutive cross-sectional surveys provided demographic, sexual behavior, HIV/syphilis infection, HIV prevention service, and testing behavior data. Results. Of 1239 participants, 15.4 % were infected with HIV, incidence was 12.3 per 100 persons/year (95 % CI: 9.2–15.3), 38 % of the participants reported ever having unprotected insertive anal sex, 40 % ever received free condom/lubricants in the past year, and 27.7 % ever obtained free sexually transmitted infection examination/treatment in the past year. Multivariable logistic regression revealed that lower levels of HIV/AIDS relate