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Wong et al. [48]

Year: 2004

Country: United States

Type of study: Descriptive study

Participants: HIV + patients

Number: 114

Male: Not reported

Female: Not reported

Age: 18+ years

Mean age: 38.7 years,

SD: 9.3

Data collection: Questionnaire

Sampling method: Purposive sample

Place: Health centre-based

Determinant

・ Ethnicity

・ Education

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Wong et al. [49]

Year: 2012

Country: United States

Type of study: Cross-sectional study

Participants: men sex men

Number: 445

Male: 445

Age: ≥18 years

Mean: 30.7; SD: 10.3

Data collection: Screening test, questionnaire,

Sampling method: Purposive and convenience sample

Place: Community-based

Determinants (services)

・ Age

・ Sex and Gender

・ Perceptions

・ Healthcare services

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Do et al. [50]

Year: 2006

Country: United States

Type of study: Cross-sectional study

Participants: Young MSM

Number: 908

Male: 908

Age: 15 - 25 years

Data collection: Questionnaire

Sampling method: Simple random sample

Place: Community-based

Determinants (services)

・ Sex and Gender

・ Ethnicity

・ Education

・ Healthcare services

Risk factors

・ Transactional sex

・ Unprotected sex

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Muller and Sami, [51]

Year: 2012

Country: Fiji

Type of study: Retrospective descriptive study

Participants: HIV-TB patients

Number: 393 HIV

Male: Not reported

Female: Not reported

Age: Not reported

Data collection: Questionnaire, lab test

Sampling method: Purposive sample

Place: Hospital-based

Risk factors

・ Tuberculosis

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Hahm et al. [52]

Year: 2008

Country: United States

Type of study: Prospective study

Participants: Adolescents to young adulthood

Number: 1195

Male: Not reported

Female: Not reported

Age: 22 - 24 years

Mean age: 22 years old

Data collection: Questionnaires

Sampling method: Clustered sample

Place: Community-based

Determinants (risk behaviour)

・ Social support network

・ Perceptions

Risk factors

・ Engage sex before age of 15

・ Contracted STDs

・ Number of sexual partners

・ Traded sex for material

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Kang et al. [53]

Year: 2005

Country: United States

Type of study: Cross-sectional study

Participants: HIV+ patients

Number: 54

Male: 45

Age: 24 - 58 years;

Mean: 42 years

Female: 8

Age: 20 - 65 years;

Mean: 42 years

Transgender: 1

Age: 45 years

Data collection: Semi-structured questionnaire

Sampling method: Convenience sampling

Place: Community-based

Determinants

・ Environment

・ Social support network

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Hahm et al. [54]

Year: 2007

Country: United States

Type of study: Descriptive study

Participants: Young adults

Number: 1183

Male: 578

Female: 605

Age: 18 - 27 years old

Data collection: Questionnaire

Sampling method: Clustered sample

Place: Community-based

Determinants

・ Gender

・ Ethnicity

Risk factors

・ Traded sex for material

・ Had sex before age 15

・ Number of sexual partners