Battering Victimization Among a Probability-Based Sample of Men Who Have Sex With Men

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ID11032622
AuthorsGregory L Greenwood (0000-0003-0174-6202, Gregory L. Greenwood, Lance M. Pollack, Jesse A. Canchola, and Joseph A. Catania are with the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco. At the time of this study, Michael V. Relf was with Whitman-Walker Clinic, Washington, DC. Bu Huang is with the Prevention Research Center, School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle.), Michael V Relf (0000-0002-4951-8869, Gregory L. Greenwood, Lance M. Pollack, Jesse A. Canchola, and Joseph A. Catania are with the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco. At the time of this study, Michael V. Relf was with Whitman-Walker Clinic, Washington, DC. Bu Huang is with the Prevention Research Center, School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle.), Bu Huang (Gregory L. Greenwood, Lance M. Pollack, Jesse A. Canchola, and Joseph A. Catania are with the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco. At the time of this study, Michael V. Relf was with Whitman-Walker Clinic, Washington, DC. Bu Huang is with the Prevention Research Center, School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle.), Lance M Pollack (0000-0001-7140-2582, Gregory L. Greenwood, Lance M. Pollack, Jesse A. Canchola, and Joseph A. Catania are with the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco. At the time of this study, Michael V. Relf was with Whitman-Walker Clinic, Washington, DC. Bu Huang is with the Prevention Research Center, School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle.), Jesse Canchola (0000-0001-5831-7463, University of Catania), Jesse A Canchola (Gregory L. Greenwood, Lance M. Pollack, Jesse A. Canchola, and Joseph A. Catania are with the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco. At the time of this study, Michael V. Relf was with Whitman-Walker Clinic, Washington, DC. Bu Huang is with the Prevention Research Center, School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle.), Joseph A Catania (0000-0003-0527-9867, Gregory L. Greenwood, Lance M. Pollack, Jesse A. Canchola, and Joseph A. Catania are with the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco. At the time of this study, Michael V. Relf was with Whitman-Walker Clinic, Washington, DC. Bu Huang is with the Prevention Research Center, School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle.)
Year2002
Volume92
Issue12
Pages1964-1969
Publication date2002-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.92.12.1964
PMID12453817
OpenAlexW2110144890
LanguageEN
Citations received124
References cited22

Objectives. This study measured the prevalence of battering victimization (i.e., experience of psychological/symbolic, physical, and sexual battering) among men who have sex with men (MSM) and identified characteristics of these men. Methods. A probability-based sample of 2881 MSM living in 4 cities completed telephone interviews between 1996 and 1998. Results. Prevalence estimates were 34% for psychological/symbolic battering, 22% for physical battering, and 5% for sexual battering. The strongest demographic correlate independently associated with all forms of battering was age 40 or younger, whereas education and HIV serostatus were associated with physical and psychological/symbolic violence. Conclusions. Rates of battering victimization among urban MSM are substantially higher than among heterosexual men and possibly heterosexual women. Public health efforts directed toward addressing intimate partner battering among these men are needed

Environmental health · Heterosexuality · Homosexuality · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Injury prevention · Men who have sex with men · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Serostatus · Sexual abuse · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Gerontology

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