You became afraid to tell them that you are gay: health service utilization by men who have sex with men in South African cities
SOURCE: Journal of Public Health Policy
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2011
TITLE AUTHOR(S): L.C.Rispel, C.A.Metcalf, A.Cloete, J.Moorman, V.Reddy
KEYWORDS: HEALTH SERVICES, HIV/AIDS, HOMOSEXUALITY, MEN, RISK BEHAVIOUR, SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR, SOUTH AFRICA
DEPARTMENT: Public Health, Societies and Belonging (HSC)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 6893
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/3724
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/3724
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2011
TITLE AUTHOR(S): L.C.Rispel, C.A.Metcalf, A.Cloete, J.Moorman, V.Reddy
KEYWORDS: HEALTH SERVICES, HIV/AIDS, HOMOSEXUALITY, MEN, RISK BEHAVIOUR, SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR, SOUTH AFRICA
DEPARTMENT: Public Health, Societies and Belonging (HSC)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 6893
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/3724
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/3724
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Abstract
We describe the utilization of health services by men who have sex with men (MSM) in South African cities, their perceptions of available health services, and their service preferences. We triangulated data from 32 key informant interviews (KIIs), 18 focus group discussions (FGDs) with MSM in four cities, and a survey of 285 MSM in two cities, recruited through respondentdriven sampling in 2008. FGDs and KIIs revealed that targeted public health sector programs for MSM were limited, and that MSM experienced stigma, discrimination, and negative health worker attitudes. Fifty-seven per cent of the survey participants had used public health services in the previous 12 months, and 69 per cent had no private health insurance, with no difference by HIV status. Despite these findings, South Africa is well placed to take the lead in sub-Saharan Africa in providing responsive and appropriate HIV services for MSM.-
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