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FRR Annex 5: Presentation of the FR results in the project meeting, Berlin, 11.13.02.2013 Formative Research results Sandra DudarevaVizule, Ulrich Marcus Robert Koch Institute 11 February 2013

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FRR Annex 5: Presentation of the FR results in the project meeting, Berlin, 11.‐13.02.2013 

Formative Research results

Sandra Dudareva‐Vizule, Ulrich MarcusRobert Koch Institute11 February 2013

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Content

• Background

• Methodology

• Results– Previous experience with studies among MSM

– Prevention 

– MSM Population

– Venues• Venues in countries

• Recency of visiting venues

• Who is reached in venues and who is not?

Background

• 13 SIALON II countries

• Preselected:

– Study area

• Mainly large cities together with surrounding areas

– Recruitment methodology

• Time Location Sampling (TLS) – 9 countries

• Respondent Driven Sampling (RDS) – 4 countries

– Sample size 400

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Information source

• FR questionnaires

– Filled out by each study country

– Information on:

• study site, previous experience with different study methodologies and target groups, gay‐friendly commercial and non‐commercial sites, prevention activities, HIV, STIs, HBV, and HCV testing and therapy, legislation and stigmatization

• EMIS data

– demographic characteristics, behaviour, gay‐venue attendance, and HIV and STI history by study area   

SIALON II study areas

Country Study area AbbreviationN of EMIS records for respective area

Belgium Brussels city centre BE 1,044Bulgaria Sofia BG 485Italy Verona IT 314Germany Hamburg DE 2,569Spain Barcelona ES 1,732Lithuania Vilnius LT 274Poland Warsaw PL 928Portugal Lisbon and Setubal regions PT 2,448Romania Bucharest RO 651Sweden Stockholm SE 1,362Slovenia Ljubljana SI 402Slovakia Bratislava SK 252United Kingdom Brighton and Hove UK 290

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Previous experience with studies among MSM

Experience with

Planning Country TLS  RDS  Other

TLS

BE MSM FSW MSMBG MSMDE IDU MSMPL IDU MSMPT IDU, DU MSMSI MSM MSMES MSM Youth MSMSE IDU MSMUK MSM MSM MSM

RDS

IT  MSM MSMLT IDU MSMRO MSM MSMSK MSM MSM

Prevention activities and outreach work in the study area in the last 12 months

Country Outreach workPrevention 

activities

Evaluation of 

prevention 

activities

BE Y Y Y

BG Y Y N

DE Y Y Y

IT Y Y N

LT . . Y

PL Y Y N

PT Y Y N

RO Y Y N

SK N Y .

SL Y Y N

ES Y Y Y

SE Y Y Y

UK Y Y Y

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Major types of prevention activities 

• Information campaigns

• Distribution of condoms and lubricants in gay venues

• Websites

• Consultation (and testing) services for MSM

• Outreach work and mobile medical units

• Telephone, online and Skype consultations 

• Peer education

• Advocacy

• Activities for communities of PLWHIV

Characterisation of the target population

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Age distribution

Q2

IQR 

Q1  Q3 

p‐value (Kurskal Wallis)<0.001

Outness

1967 P M (2015) A

1792 P M A

1944 P M A

1979 P M A

1969 P

1991 P

1932 H

1974 P

1982 P M

1887 H

1990 H

1993 H

2002 H

H ‐ Homosexuality legal 

but same sex unions not 

recognised

P ‐ Other type of official 

partnership possible

M ‐Marriage performed 

A ‐ Adoption possible

Homosexuality legal since

Recognised partnership

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Gay friends

Positivity rate of HIV and recent STI

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Proportion of MSM tested for HIV during the last 12m and who know their results*

*excluding those tested HIV+ more than 12m ago

Percentage of MSM who both correctly identify ways of preventing the sexual transmission of HIV and who reject major misconceptions about HIV transmission

Average 41%

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Gay friendly venues

Commercial venues by study siteStudy site

Total, NSexual contact facilitated, N

Condoms, %Prevention leaflets , %

Outreach worker, %

ES 39 18 38% 77% 15%

DE 36 15 47% 97% 100%

BE 28 10 50% 88% 73%

PT 28 15 71% 100% 96%

SE 25 7 36% 36% 28%

UK 24 4 96% 100% 92%

PL 16 10 63% 69% 56%

IT 8 5 50% 0% 25%

BG 7 6 100% 100% 100%

LT 7 3 57% 14% 14%

SI 6 4 83% 83% 100%

RO 4 0 100% 100% 0%

SK 4 2 25% 0% 25%

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Non‐commercial venues by study site

Study site

Total, N

Community centre, N

Cruising site, N

Other, N

Sexual contact facilitated, N

Condoms, %

Prevention leaflets, %

Outreach worker, %

SE 12 4 5 3 7 50% 83% 42%BG 10 1 9 9 90% 100% 100%ES 10 7 3 1 0% 70% 90%PL 7 2 5 0 0% 29% 0%UK 7 5 2 2 29% 71% 86%DE 6 2 4 4 33% 33% 100%RO 5 1 4 0 0% 20% 20%PT 4 1 3 0 0% 25% 100%IT 3 1 2 0 0% 33% 33%LT 3 1 2 0 0% 33% 33%BE 2 1 1 0 0% 50% 100%SI 1 0 1 1 0% 0% 0%SK 0 0 0 0

Recency of visiting any gay social venue in the country of residence

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Who is reached in the venues and whois not?

EMIS data for TLS Countries

MSM who are out about being attracted to men

Outness

VenueAll or

almost allSome

Few ornone

p‐value

Bars, pubs, or cafes 82.0% 74.6% 41.0% 0.000

Community centre, organisation or social group

29.0% 21.4% 10.1% 0.000

Saunas 26.9% 26.4% 26.1% 0.725

Gay disco or night‐club 68.9% 65.0% 35.1% 0.000

Backroom, sex‐club, sex‐party 30.0% 23.3% 15.7% 0.000

Cruising sites 30.0% 26.4% 26.1% 0.725

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HIV+ MSM 

HIV status

Venue HIV‐ HIV+ p‐value*

Bars, pubs, or cafes 68.0% 80.8% 0.000

Community centre, organisation or social group

21.3% 27.2% 0.000

Saunas 24.7% 43.6% 0.000

Gay disco or night‐club 58.3% 65.7% 0.000

Backroom, sex‐club, sex‐party 21.9% 46.2% 0.000

Cruising sites 24.7% 43.6% 0.000

In venues we will potentially reach proportionally more HIV+ MSM (than we would reach in a population‐representative sample)

Recently tested positive for STI

STI (in last 12 months)

Venue STI‐ STI+ p‐value*

Bars, pubs, or cafes 67.7% 82.0% 0.000

Community centre, organisation or social group

21.2% 26.9% 0.000

Saunas 25.1% 38.6% 0.000

Gay disco or night‐club 57.3% 73.7% 0.000

Backroom, sex‐club, sex‐party 22.2% 41.7% 0.000

Cruising sites 25.1% 38.6% 0.000

In venues we will reach proportionally more recently tested positive for STI MSM (than we would reach in a population‐representative sample)

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Younger or older?

Age ‐ visitedAge ‐ did not 

visit

Venue Median (IQR) Median (IQR) p‐value

Bars, pubs, or cafes 33 (26‐41) 32 (25‐42) 0.016

Community centre, organisationor social group

33 26‐42 33 26‐41 0.625

Saunas 36 29‐43 32 25‐40 0.000

Gay disco or night‐club 32 26‐39 35 27‐44 0.000

Backroom, sex‐club, sex‐party 36 30‐44 32 25‐40 0.000

Cruising sites 36 29‐43 32 25‐40 0.000

Number of different types of venues for MSM that have been visited in the last 12 months

Study area Median IQRES 4 2‐5BE 3 2‐5DE 3 2‐5UK 3 2‐5SE 3 2‐4PL 3 2‐4PT 3 1‐4IT  3 1‐4BG 2 1‐3LT 2 1‐3SK 2 1‐3RO 2 0‐3SI 2 0‐3

Type of venues:• Bars, pubs and cafés• Community centres, 

organisations or social groups• Gay saunas• Gay disco or night‐club• Sex‐club, sex‐party• Cruising sites

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Formative Research Report

• Study‐site specific results• Information on:

– Characterisation of the target population– Legislative background in SIALON II countries

• Gay/gay friendly commercial and non‐commercial sites• Characterisation of the MSM population in venues• The prevention activities• HIV, Syphilis and Viral hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV), testing and therapy

• Information about the experience with study methodology and studies among MSM

Formative Research Results

• Better planning of the sampling 

• To timely avoid potential risks

• Information on venues (Annex 4 and 5)

– TLS sampling 

• Information on HIV testing and counseling and fact sheets

– Prevention activities

• Interpretation of study results   

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Acknowledgement:Ulrich MarcusSIALON II partners

Thank you!