Analysis on condom use of men who have sex with men in small and medium city

  Objective   To get more information about the condom use and contributing factors of men who have sex with men(MSM)in small and medium sized city.

  Methods   Convenience sampling and snow ball sampling had been sued to select respondents, and-questionnaire of psychology and behavior of men who have sex with men.has been used dur ing the research.

  Results   Of 147 respondents, the rate of persisting in condom using was below 8%, while rate of never using condoms in above 60%.There was significant difference between free and fee-related sexual partners about the rate of condom using.Level of AIDS knowledge about AIDS prevention and consciousness of HIVinfection had a significant influence on condom using: some factors such as age, sex, educational background, marital status, psycholog ical troubles and know ledge about HIVtransmission were not associated with co ndom using; Dislike using himself was the main factor influenceing condom using, and refusing of sexual part ners comes next.

  Conclusion   Inter vention on AIDS among MSMin small and medium sized city is needed urgently.