Commercial sex behaviors of men who having sex with men

Abstrac:Objective To explore characteristics of commercial sex behaviors of men having sex with men(MSM).Methods The questionnaire survey and serological examination were conducted among 548 MSM.Results 24.3%(134 /548)had commercial sex activity in the past six months including 46.3% having commercial sex activity with males and 53.0% having commercial sex encounters with both males and females.Charges for males and females respectively for an average of RMB 633 yuan and RMB873 yuan per time in the recent month,being higher for females than males(P0.01).The attitudes of condom use of different sex guests and MSW toward different sex guests were different,without showing significant difference as surveyed in recent one month and 6 months.The number of sex service workers and the proportion of use of condoms by different sex guests in recent one and six months showed no significant differences.The positive rates of HIV,syphilis and HCV of 134 MSM were 12.0%,9.8%,1.5%,respectively.Conclusions There was high risk behaviors among MSM for spreading HIV.Therefore,it was necessary for government to strengthen health education and intervention for preventing and controlling HIV transmission mission.