Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.
Afr J AIDS Res. 2021 Mar;20(1):88-92. doi: 10.2989/16085906.2021.1874443.
We evaluated existing mobile applications (apps) on both Android and iOS (Apple) platforms that are used by men who have sex with men (MSM) to obtain sexual encounters. The word "gay" was used to search for apps in the Apple and Google Play virtual stores. The 10 most downloaded apps were analysed concerning safe sexual practices (SSP) messages. Out of 245 apps selected, 213 were evaluated - 102 for Android and 111 for iOS. Mostly social networks were accessed by MSM of which 112 allow access to people aged 14 and over. Most of the apps could be downloaded in more than two languages. Of the 10 most downloaded and evaluated apps, 5 had no HIV/STI and SSP messages, only 3 contained HIV/STI and SSP messages, and 2 had information about one or the other. Several social networking apps are available, however, there is no information on HIV/STI in the most accessed apps.
我们评估了安卓和苹果（Apple）平台上现有的男男性行为者（MSM）用于获取性接触的移动应用程序（apps）。在苹果和谷歌应用商店中，我们使用“gay”这个词来搜索应用程序。对下载量排名前十的应用程序进行了关于安全性行为（SSP）信息的分析。在选定的 245 个应用程序中，评估了 213 个——安卓系统 102 个，苹果系统 111 个。MSM 主要访问的是社交网络，其中 112 个允许 14 岁及以上的人访问。大多数应用程序可以用两种以上的语言下载。在下载量和评估排名前十的应用程序中，有 5 个没有艾滋病毒/性传播感染和安全性行为信息，只有 3 个包含艾滋病毒/性传播感染和安全性行为信息，另外 2 个提供了其中一种信息。有许多社交网络应用程序可用，但在最受欢迎的应用程序中没有关于艾滋病毒/性传播感染的信息。
