TY - JOUR
T1 - A pilot online survey assessing risk factors for HIV acquisition in the navy and marine corps, 2005-2010
AU - Hakre, Shilpa
AU - Armstrong, Adam W.
AU - O'Connell, Robert J.
AU - Michael, Nelson L.
AU - Scott, Paul T.
AU - Brett-Major, David M.
PY - 2012/10/1
Y1 - 2012/10/1
N2 - ABSTRACT: The Department of Defense policy Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) ended in September, 2011. The Navy Bloodborne Infection Management Center conducted a post-DADT pilot survey of HIV seroconverters identified when the DADT policy was in effect. Sailors and Marines newly diagnosed as HIV positive from 2005 to 2010 were invited to participate in an online survey. A structured questionnaire elicited risk information about the 3-year period before HIV diagnosis. Respondents reported engaging commonly in same sex sexual activity, having concurrent partners, and poor condom use for anal sex. In this first post-DADT repeal report of self-reported behaviors, male-to-male sexual contact was a much more common mode of infection than previously reported. Several opportunities for primary prevention messaging now possible after DADT repeal are evident.
AB - ABSTRACT: The Department of Defense policy Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) ended in September, 2011. The Navy Bloodborne Infection Management Center conducted a post-DADT pilot survey of HIV seroconverters identified when the DADT policy was in effect. Sailors and Marines newly diagnosed as HIV positive from 2005 to 2010 were invited to participate in an online survey. A structured questionnaire elicited risk information about the 3-year period before HIV diagnosis. Respondents reported engaging commonly in same sex sexual activity, having concurrent partners, and poor condom use for anal sex. In this first post-DADT repeal report of self-reported behaviors, male-to-male sexual contact was a much more common mode of infection than previously reported. Several opportunities for primary prevention messaging now possible after DADT repeal are evident.
KW - HIV military personnel survey
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84867026424&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31826a15db.
DO - 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31826a15db.
M3 - Article
C2 - 23007117
AN - SCOPUS:84867026424
SN - 1525-4135
VL - 61
SP - 125
EP - 130
JO - Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
JF - Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
IS - 2
ER -