Investigation of the Related Knowledge, Attitude, Practice About HIV/AIDS among 294 MSM

OBJECTIVE To know the related knowledge, attitude and practice about HIV/AIDS among MSM, provide scientific basis for intervention of special persons. METHODS During 2010—2011, the MSM who took voluntary testing were investigated to know their knowledge, attitude and practice about HIV/AIDS. RESULTS Most of them is non -Shanghai residents, business servants and young adults. The awareness rate of AIDS prevention knowledge are 81.0%. The average age for first sex behavior was(19.96±3.18) years old. Less than 16% of the MSM used condom every time when they had anal intercourse; during the last six months, 15.6% of them also had female sexual contacts. CONCLUSION The MSM population is sexually active. Many MSM had multiple sex partners, and part of them also had sex with women, but only a few used condom. There is the separation between knowledge and behavior. So it is essential to strengthen the HIV/AIDS intervention and prompt the condom use, and improve the self-protection awareness of MSM.