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- From: cramer@optilink.COM (Clayton Cramer)
- Newsgroups: talk.politics.misc,alt.sex,ca.politics
- Subject: For Those Who Think That Gay Men Have Changed Their Behavior
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- Date: 20 Nov 92 22:23:38 GMT
- References: <1992Nov19.163642.17801@cs.ucla.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov19.163642.17801@cs.ucla.edu>, bigoldberg@igc.apc.org (Billi Goldberg) writes:
- # AIDS Daily Summary
- # November 19, 1992
- # ************************************************************************
- # "Almost One-Third of Gay Men in Study Admit to Unprotected Anal
- # Intercourse" Washington Post (11/19/92), P. A2
- # A nationwide study of homosexual men in smaller cities found that
- # approximately a third of them engage in unprotected anal intercourse,
- # researchers announced yesterday. Several of the men who admitted to the
- # practice believed their risk of contracting HIV was none or slight--
- # representing a high level of ignorance, the study said. The study was
- # conducted by the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and will be
- # featured in the Archives of Internal Medicine. The researchers said in
- # the report, "Our findings show clearly that enhanced community-based
- # resources and prevention efforts are now urgently needed for reaching
- # gay men in smaller cities who have been neglected in AIDS prevention
- # relative to their urban counterparts." The researchers surveyed 1,858
- # men entering gay clubs in 16 communities early last year. About one-
- # third of the men said they had practiced unsafe anal sex an average of
- # eight times in the preceding two months, usually with someone other than
- # their regular partner. A total of nine percent said they had tested
- # HIV-positive. The 16 smaller cities used in the study were located in
- # upstate New York, North Carolina, West Virginia, Minnesota, Washington
- # state, and Montana. Related Story: Baltimore Sun (11/19) P. 8A
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- Clayton E. Cramer {uunet,pyramid}!optilink!cramer My opinions, all mine!
- We could say that Congress spends money like drunken sailors. But that would
- be unfair -- to the sailors. They, at least, are spending their own money.
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