Harvard Medical School AIDS Initiative in Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam ; University Bordeaux, ISPED, Centre Inserm U897- Epidémiologie-Biostatistique, Bordeaux, France ; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, ISPED, Centre Inserm U897- Epidémiologie-Biostatistique, Bordeaux, France.
PLoS One. 2013 Aug 19;8(8):e71471. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071471. eCollection 2013.
In Vietnam, men who have sex with men (MSM) are highly affected by HIV and need new targeted HIV prevention strategies.
To assess the willingness to use the Internet to seek information on HIV prevention and care and associated factors among MSM in Ho Chi Minh City.
A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in 2012. Participants were recruited using a convenience sampling method in venues most frequented by MSM and completed a self-administered questionnaire. Logistic regression models were performed to estimate factors associated with the willingness to use the Internet to seek information on HIV prevention and care.
A total of 358 MSM were approached for the survey and 222 questionnaires (62.0%) were eligible for analyses. Overall, 76.1% of the respondents reported that they were willing to use the Internet to seek information on HIV prevention and care. A number of male partners in last year less than or equal to 3 (Adjusted Odds Ratio: 3.07, 95% Confidence interval: 1.40-6.73), a history of STI screening (4.10, 1.02-16.48) and HIV testing (3.23, 1.20-8.64) and having ever sought a male sexual partner through the Internet (3.56, 1.55-8.18) were significantly positively associated with the willingness to use the Internet to seek information on HIV prevention and care.
The MSM interviewed in Ho Chi Minh City reported a high willingness to use the Internet to seek information on HIV prevention and care. In a context where new media are increasingly considered as promising options for reaching this HIV risk group, further research should be conducted on developing and testing tailored online tools adapted to the needs of Vietnamese MSM.
在越南，男男性行为者（MSM）受 HIV 影响严重，需要新的、有针对性的 HIV 预防策略。
评估胡志明市 MSM 使用互联网获取 HIV 预防和护理信息的意愿及其相关因素。
2012 年进行了一项描述性横断面研究。采用方便抽样方法，在 MSM 常去的场所招募参与者，并完成一份自填式问卷。采用逻辑回归模型估计与使用互联网获取 HIV 预防和护理信息意愿相关的因素。
共对 358 名 MSM 进行了调查，其中 222 份问卷（62.0%）符合分析要求。总体而言，76.1%的受访者表示愿意使用互联网获取 HIV 预防和护理信息。过去一年中，男性性伴侣数少于或等于 3 个（调整后的优势比：3.07，95%置信区间：1.40-6.73）、有性传播感染筛查史（4.10，1.02-16.48）和 HIV 检测史（3.23，1.20-8.64）以及曾经通过互联网寻找男性性伴侣（3.56，1.55-8.18）与使用互联网获取 HIV 预防和护理信息的意愿显著正相关。
胡志明市的 MSM 表示愿意使用互联网获取 HIV 预防和护理信息。在新媒体越来越被视为接触这一 HIV 高危人群的有前途的选择的背景下，应进一步研究制定和测试适合越南 MSM 需求的定制在线工具。
