Authors
Adrian Ludlam, Peter Saxton, Nigel Dickson, Anthony Hughes
Publication date
2015
Journal
Journal of Primary Health Care
Volume
7
Issue
3
Pages
204-212
Publisher
CSIRO PUBLISHING
Description
INTRODUCTION
General practitioners (GPs) can improve HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening, vaccination and wellbeing among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBM) if they are aware of a patient?s sexual orientation.
AIM
To estimate GP awareness of their GBM patients' sexual orientation and examine whether HIV and STI screening was associated with this.
METHODS
We analysed anonymous, self-completed data from 3168 GBM who participated in the community-based Gay Auckland Periodic Sex Survey (GAPSS) and internet-based Gay men's Online Sex Survey (GOSS) in 2014. Participants were asked if their usual GP was aware of their sexual orientation or that they had sex with men.
RESULTS
Half (50.5%) believed their usual GP was aware of their sexual orientation/behaviour, 17.0% were unsure, and 32.6% believed he/she was unaware. In multivariate analysis …
Scholar articles
A Ludlam, P Saxton, N Dickson, A Hughes - Journal of Primary Health Care, 2015