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HomeUnderstanding the impact of smartphone applications on STI/HIV prevention among men who have sex with men in the EU/EEA
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Men who have sex with men (MSM) have remained a group who, in the European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA), have been impacted disproportionately by high rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV, over the last 30 years. Over this crucial period, we have seen significant and differing changes between countries in areas such as equality, marriage, sexual tourism, recreational drug use and STI testing and treatment. These have all had an impact on MSM sexual culture. A universal change, internationally, has been the early adoption and proliferation of digital platforms used for connecting individuals, sourcing sexual partners and facilitating the formation of communities of interest among MSM. Smartphone applications designed to facilitate MSM meeting each other began to emerge around 2009 and their use has continued to increase. The importance of digital platforms has been emphasised by recent research in the UK. This found that 76% of MSM respondents (who were not in a closed, monogamous relationship) had used online platforms to source sexual partners in the last six months. The use of apps increased for those with higher numbers of partners. For many MSM, smartphone apps have replaced desktop-based websites as the principle means by which they meet sexual partners.
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- Corporate author(s): European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (EU body or agency)
- Themes: Public health , Information technology and telecommunications
- Subject: AIDS , disease prevention , impact of information technology , information technology applications , Internet site , LGBTIQ persons , mobile phone , research report , sexually transmitted disease , virtual community
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| ISSN | ISBN 978-92-9193-673-1 | DOI 10.2900/908148 | Catalogue number TQ-04-15-635-EN-N |
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| ISSN | ISBN 978-92-9193-984-8 | DOI 10.2900/32466 | Catalogue number TQ-04-15-635-EN-C |
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