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Navin Kumar
Yale University
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Background: While studies on blocking, a behavior on dating apps, and men who have sex with men (MSM) health outcomes have been conducted in other nations, albeit limited and mostly using qualitative techniques, no such study has been conducted in China, de-spite its large MSM population and relationship between Chinese MSM gay app use and health outcomes. We studied the correlates of blocking on the world’s largest gay dating app among Chinese MSM (N=208).
Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey as part of an HIV testing intervention in Guangzhou, China, May - December 2019. Using logistic regression models, we estimated the cor- relates of blocking.
Results: MSM had a mean age of 27. years (SD=7.1) and median of sexual partner in the last three months. About 62% had blocked someone in their lifetime and 46% had been blocked in their lifetime. Each additional male partner was associated with an 87% (aOR=1.87, 95%CI= 1.03, 3.40) increased chance of being blocked.
Conclusions: Number of male partners may be associated with blocking behavior, with implications for the design of online sexual health interventions.
Keywords
men who have sex with men, dating apps, blocking, HIV, social networks
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Research Article
Navin Kumar
Yale University
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Complete author information
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Potential risks to human health
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CURRENT STATUS: Published
View the published article at BMC Public Health.
Version 1
Posted 25 Mar, 2021
No community comments so far
Editorial decision: Major revision
On 22 Sep, 2021
Reviews received
Received 19 Apr, 2021
Reviewers agreed
On 19 Apr, 2021
Reviews received
Received 15 Apr, 2021
Reviewers agreed
On 08 Apr, 2021
Reviewers invited
Invitations sent on 07 Apr, 2021
Editor assigned
On 30 Mar, 2021
Editor invited
On 24 Mar, 2021
Submission checks complete
On 24 Mar, 2021
First submitted
On 16 Mar, 2021
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Comments: 0
PDF Downloads: ...
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This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License. Read Full License
View the published article at BMC Public Health.
Background: While studies on blocking, a behavior on dating apps, and men who have sex with men (MSM) health outcomes have been conducted in other nations, albeit limited and mostly using qualitative techniques, no such study has been conducted in China, de-spite its large MSM population and relationship between Chinese MSM gay app use and health outcomes. We studied the correlates of blocking on the world’s largest gay dating app among Chinese MSM (N=208).
Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey as part of an HIV testing intervention in Guangzhou, China, May - December 2019. Using logistic regression models, we estimated the cor- relates of blocking.
Results: MSM had a mean age of 27. years (SD=7.1) and median of sexual partner in the last three months. About 62% had blocked someone in their lifetime and 46% had been blocked in their lifetime. Each additional male partner was associated with an 87% (aOR=1.87, 95%CI= 1.03, 3.40) increased chance of being blocked.
Conclusions: Number of male partners may be associated with blocking behavior, with implications for the design of online sexual health interventions.
No competing interests reported.
This is a list of supplementary files associated with this preprint. Click to download.
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