UNASSIGNED: Background: Condom promotion remains a cornerstone of @entity645 /STI control, but must be informed by evidence of uptake and address disparities in use. This study sought to determine the prevalence of, and demographic, behavioural and relational factors associated with, condom use during insertive and receptive anal intercourse with casual partners among younger gay, bisexual and other @entity1 who have sex with @entity1 (YMSM) in New Zealand. Methods: The 2006-2011 national @entity645 behavioural surveillance data for YMSM aged 16-29 years was pooled. Separately for each sexual position, frequent (always/almost always) versus infrequent condom use was regressed onto explanatory variables using manual backward stepwise multivariable logistic regression analysis. Results: Three-quarters of YMSM reported frequent condom use during insertive (76.0%) and receptive (73.8%) anal intercourse. YMSM who were exclusively insertive were more likely to report frequent condom use than versatile YMSM. Factors positively associated with frequent condom use, irrespective of sexual position were: in- @entity1 versus web-based recruitment, testing @entity645 negative versus never testing or testing @entity645 positive, having no recent sex with @entity1 , reporting two to five versus one male sexual partner in the past 6 months, reporting no current regular partner, but if in a regular relationship, reporting a boyfriend-type versus fuckbuddy-type partner, and frequent versus infrequent regular partner condom use. Pacific ethnicity and less formal education were negatively associated with frequent condom use only during receptive anal intercourse. Conclusions: The findings from this study demonstrate that condom norms can be actively established and maintained among YMSM. Condom promotion efforts must increase YMSM's capacity, agency and skills to negotiate condom use, especially for the receptive partner.

Frequent condom use with casual partners varies by sexual position among younger gay and bisexual XXXX in New Zealand: national behavioural surveillance 2006?2011.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['person', 'women', 'men'] @entity645 :: ('57667', 'Species') :: ['HIV']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['men']
