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Sexual Behaviors and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Male Veterans and Nonveterans
Little is known about the sexual health of male veterans. This study used nationally representative data from the 2011 to 2013 National Survey of Family Growth to compare sexual behaviors and history of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) between male veterans and nonveterans. The sample included...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5675318/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28625118 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1557988317698615 |
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author | Evans, Mark W. Borrero, Sonya Yabes, Jonathan Rosenfeld, Elian A. |
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description | Little is known about the sexual health of male veterans. This study used nationally representative data from the 2011 to 2013 National Survey of Family Growth to compare sexual behaviors and history of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) between male veterans and nonveterans. The sample included 3,860 men aged 18 to 44 years who reported ever having sex with a man or woman. The key independent variable was veteran status. Sexual behavior outcomes included ≥6 lifetime female partners, ≥10 lifetime partners of either sex, ≥2 past-year partners of either sex, having past-year partners of both sexes, and condom nonuse at last vaginal sex. STI outcomes included past-year history of chlamydia, gonorrhea, or receiving any STI treatment; lifetime history of herpes, genital warts, or syphilis; and an aggregate measure capturing any reported STI history. Logistic regression models were used to evaluate associations between veteran status and each outcome. In models adjusting for age, race/ethnicity, education, income, and marital status, veterans had significantly greater odds than nonveterans of having ≥6 lifetime female partners (OR = 1.5, 95% CI [1.02, 2.31]). In models adjusting for age and marital status, veterans had significantly greater odds of having partners of both sexes in the past year (OR = 4.8, 95% CI [1.2, 19.8]), and gonorrhea in the past year (OR = 3.2, 95% CI [1.2, 8.5]). Male veterans were thus significantly more likely than nonveterans to have STI risk factors. Health care providers should be aware that male veterans may be at higher risk for STIs and assess veterans’ sexual risk behaviors. |
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spelling | pubmed-56753182017-12-12 Sexual Behaviors and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Male Veterans and Nonveterans Evans, Mark W. Borrero, Sonya Yabes, Jonathan Rosenfeld, Elian A. Am J Mens Health HIV/AIDS/STIs Little is known about the sexual health of male veterans. This study used nationally representative data from the 2011 to 2013 National Survey of Family Growth to compare sexual behaviors and history of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) between male veterans and nonveterans. The sample included 3,860 men aged 18 to 44 years who reported ever having sex with a man or woman. The key independent variable was veteran status. Sexual behavior outcomes included ≥6 lifetime female partners, ≥10 lifetime partners of either sex, ≥2 past-year partners of either sex, having past-year partners of both sexes, and condom nonuse at last vaginal sex. STI outcomes included past-year history of chlamydia, gonorrhea, or receiving any STI treatment; lifetime history of herpes, genital warts, or syphilis; and an aggregate measure capturing any reported STI history. Logistic regression models were used to evaluate associations between veteran status and each outcome. In models adjusting for age, race/ethnicity, education, income, and marital status, veterans had significantly greater odds than nonveterans of having ≥6 lifetime female partners (OR = 1.5, 95% CI [1.02, 2.31]). In models adjusting for age and marital status, veterans had significantly greater odds of having partners of both sexes in the past year (OR = 4.8, 95% CI [1.2, 19.8]), and gonorrhea in the past year (OR = 3.2, 95% CI [1.2, 8.5]). Male veterans were thus significantly more likely than nonveterans to have STI risk factors. Health care providers should be aware that male veterans may be at higher risk for STIs and assess veterans’ sexual risk behaviors. SAGE Publications 2017-03-22 2017-07 /pmc/articles/PMC5675318/ /pubmed/28625118 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1557988317698615 Text en © The Author(s) 2017 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page(https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | HIV/AIDS/STIs Evans, Mark W. Borrero, Sonya Yabes, Jonathan Rosenfeld, Elian A. Sexual Behaviors and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Male Veterans and Nonveterans |
title | Sexual Behaviors and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Male Veterans and Nonveterans |
title_full | Sexual Behaviors and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Male Veterans and Nonveterans |
title_fullStr | Sexual Behaviors and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Male Veterans and Nonveterans |
title_full_unstemmed | Sexual Behaviors and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Male Veterans and Nonveterans |
title_short | Sexual Behaviors and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Male Veterans and Nonveterans |
title_sort | sexual behaviors and sexually transmitted infections among male veterans and nonveterans |
topic | HIV/AIDS/STIs |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5675318/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28625118 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1557988317698615 |
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