Table II:
HIV risk and prevention behaviors among Latino MSM participating in the Washington HIV/STI Prevention Project (WHSPP) (2017 and 2018/2019) and the UNITE Survey (2017/2018) by language of online survey completiona
| WHSPP (n=317b) | UNITE (n= 2099b) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish (n= 90b) |
English (n= 227b) |
Test statistic |
P-valued |
Spanish (n= 117b) |
English (n= 1982b) |
Test statistic |
P-valued |
|
| N (%c) | N (%c) | N (%c) | N (%c) | |||||
| Total number of male sex partners in the past 12 months M(IQR)e | 3.0 (1.0, 6.0) | 3.0 (1.0, 6.3) | W=9618 | 0.818 | - | - | ||
| Total number of casual male sex partners in the past 3 months M(IQR)b | - | - | 4.0 (2.0, 7.0) | 5.0 (3.0, 8.0) | W=103165 | 0.219 | ||
| Any condomless anal sex with unknown or HIV positive status partners | 23 (30.7) | 86 (41.1) | χ2 (1) = 2.14 | 0.144 | - | - | ||
| Condomless anal sex with unknown or HIV positive status casual partners | ||||||||
| Receptive | - | - | 87 (74.4) | 1448 (73.1) | χ2 (1) = 0.095 | 0.830 | ||
| Insertive | - | - | 89 (76.1) | 1456 (73.5) | χ2 (1) = 0.387 | 0.590 | ||
| Any | - | - | 101 (86.3) | 1675 (84.5) | χ2 (1) = 0.279 | 0.592 | ||
| Injection drug use | 0 (0) | 18 (8.8) | Fisher’s exact | 0.005 | 1 (0.9) | 45 (2.3) | χ2 (1) = 1.033 | 0.250 |
| Poppers use | 17 (23.0) | 43 (21.6) | χ2 (1) = 0.006 | 0.938 | 51 (43.6) | 751 (37.9) | χ2 (1) = 1.520 | 0.221 |
| Meth use | 1 (1.4) | 23 (11.6) | χ2 (1) = 5.793 | 0.016 | 3 (2.6) | 153 (7.7) | χ2 (1) = 4.268 | 0.019 |
| History of exchange sexf | 1 (1.3) | 4 (2.0) | Fisher’s exact | >0.999 | 13 (13.7) | 231 (22.2) | χ2 (1) = 3.751 | 0.053 |
| Tested for HIV | χ2 (2) = 2.893 | 0.235 | χ2 (2) = 19.075 | <0.001 | ||||
| Never tested | 15 (16.9) | 57 (25.3) | 7 (6.0) | 130 (6.6) | ||||
| Tested in last year | 54 (60.7) | 128 (56.9) | 75 (64.1) | 1558 (78.6) | ||||
| Tested more than 1 year ago | 20 (22.5) | 40 (17.8) | 35 (29.9) | 294 (14.8) | ||||
| Heard of PrEP | 70 (77.8) | 170 (74.9) | χ2 (1) = 0.156 | 0.693 | - | - | ||
| PrEP use | Fisher’s exact | 0.427 | χ2 (2) = 0.820 | 0.664 | ||||
| Never used | 65 (76.5) | 175 (79.2) | 101 (86.3) | 1649 (83.2) | ||||
| Used in the past | 6 (7.1) | 8 (3.6) | 11 (9.4) | 220 (11.1) | ||||
| Current use | 14 (16.5) | 38 (17.2) | 5 (4.3) | 113 (5.7) | ||||
| Tested for STIs | 50 (57.5) | 125 (56.6) | χ2 (1) = 0.000 | 0.986 | 46 (39.3) | 1009 (50.9) | χ2 (1) = 5.938 | 0.015 |
| Diagnosed with any of the following STIsg | ||||||||
| Gonorrhea | 19 (21.6) | 38 (17.1) | χ2 (1) = 0.569 | 0.451 | 3 (2.6) | 160 (8.1) | χ2 (1) = 4.680 | 0.031 |
| Chlamydia | 8 (9.1) | 35 (15.8) | χ2 (1) = 1.825 | 0.177 | 7 (6.0) | 116 (5.9) | χ2 (1) = 0.003 | 0.954 |
| Syphilis | 12 (13.6) | 11 (5.0) | χ2 (1) = 5.709 | 0.017 | 8 (6.8) | 83 (4.2) | χ2 (1) = 1.871 | 0.171 |
| Any bacterial STI | 27 (30.7) | 54 (24.3) | χ2 (1) = 1.011 | 0.315 | 16 (13.7) | 273 (13.8) | χ2 (1) = 0.001 | 0.976 |
MSM= men who have sex with men, STI= sexually transmitted infection, PrEP= pre-exposure prophylaxis
Unless otherwise specified, WHSSP variables were assessed for the past 12 months and UNITE variables were assessed for the past 3 months
Denominators may be smaller for some variables due to missing data
Column percentages are reported
Chi-Square p-values unless otherwise stated
M = Median, IQR = Interquartile range
In WHSSP, this is defined as receiving things like money or drugs for sex in the past 12 months. In UNITE, this is defined as having you ever exchanged sex for receiving goods (e.g., money, drugs, shelter, food). This variable was added to the survey after initial implementation and as such the sample size is 857
STI diagnoses were measured with a past 6 month recall window in UNITE and a past 12 month recall window for WHSPP.