Gay Community Periodic Survey: Melbourne February 1998

The Melbourne Gay Community Periodic Survey is a cross-sectional survey of gay and homosexually active men recruited through a range of sites in the Melbourne metropolitan area. The project was funded by the Victorian Department of Human Services. The Periodic Survey provides a snapshot of sexual and HIV-related practices among gay and homosexually active men

South East Queensland Gay Community Periodic Survey: June 1998

Gay Community Periodic Surveys surveys are regularly conducted in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Cairns, Canberra, Adelaide and Perth to monitor changes in sexual and other risk practices over time among Australian gay men who are gay community attached, recruited from gay sex-on-premises venues, social sites and clinics

Reflecting on Practice: Current challenges in gay and other homosexually active mens HIV education

Educators of gay and other homosexually active men have worked hard for some time to remain relevant to their constituents. A perception exists within AIDS Councils and within the AIDS sector more generally that sections of gay community have disengaged from HIV-related issues. Hence, the question of educators relevance is a burning one. Related to this is a strong and accurate belief among educators that gay and other homosexually active men are highly informed about HIV transmission and prevention and know that using condoms during anal intercourse prevents HIV transmission. This recognition has had a major impact on HIV educators perception of their role in the epidemic. For educators to reengage gay men with HIV there is a perception that HIV be repositioned within a broader health agenda

Facts & Figures: 2000 Male Out Survey

A large sample of homosexually active men was recruited through the mail-out, self complete questionnaire procedure. The participants represent a broad cross-section of the homosexually active population of Australia, both gay community attached and non gay community attached men. The resultant data based on this diverse sample of homosexually active men drawn from every corner of Australia complement those findings from periodic surveys conducted in principal gay communities. The overall method is both efficient and cost effective. Hence, serious consideration should be given to repeating the survey in 2004 as part of the four-year cycle and as a way of obtaining reliable data on homosexually active men, particularly non gay community attached men who are rarely recruited into other studies

HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C & Related Diseases in Australia Annual Report of Behaviour 2003

This report brings together information for the period 1998 to the end of 2002 regarding the monitoring of practices which may risk transmission of HIV and practices related to the social and behavioural aspects of the treatment and care of people living with HIV/AIDS

"Too Busy Studying and No Time for sex?" Homosexually Active Male International Students and Sexual Health

This report explores sexual health issues among homosexually active male international students. Informants told us that international students from Asian backgrounds were reluctant to access student health and counselling services on issues of sexuality and sexual health, and that some international students were undertaking high-risk behaviours and presenting at off campus clinics, services and organisations with STD and sexuality concerns. Simultaneously, various health services and student services stated they were becoming increasingly aware that specific understandings were required when addressing the sexual health of homosexually active male international students from Asian backgrounds

Gay Asian men in Sydney resist international trend: no change in rates of unprotected anal intercourse, 1999-2002

Against a background of increasing unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) in the Sydney gay community (and internationally), complementary cross-sectional surveys of sexual practice were conducted among gay men of Asian background in 1999 (N = 319) and 2002 (N = 457). Self-complete questionnaires were used with recruitment at gay bars, gay social functions, and gay sex-on-premises venues. In 2002, self-report HIV status was 73.7% HIV-negative, 3.6% HIV-positive, and 22.8% unknown status (no significant change from 1999). Over time, the proportion of gay Asian men who reported any UAI with regular partners (in the previous 6 months) did not change significantly: 27.9% in 1999; 24.3% in 2002. Similarly, rates of any UAI with casual partners remained steady: 16.3% in 1999; 14.4% in 2002. Only one factor, more extensive engagement in esoteric practices (fisting, sadomasochism, group sex, rimming), was independently associated with sexual risk practice. This suggests that risk in this population of gay men, as in others, has more to do with the sexual cultures in which men are embedded rather than individual-level differences

HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis and Sexually Transmissible Infections in Australia Annual Report of Trends in Behaviour 2004

This report brings together monitoring information from the period 1999 to the end of 2003 about practices that may risk transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and about practices related to the social and behavioural aspects of the treatment and care of people living with HIV or acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)

HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C and related diseases in Australia: Annual report of behaviour 2003

This report brings together information for the period 1998 to the end of 2002 regarding the monitoring of practices which may risk transmission of HIV and practices related to the social and behavioural aspects of the treatment and care of people living with HIV/AIDS