Behavioural Surveillance Surveys - The Wisdom of Whores

example, much more likely to be emphasized
in countries with well-established gay
communities in which long term partnerships
are common. It will be of far less importance
in countries where a majority of men who
have sex with men are also married, or where
male-male sex is dominated by commercial
exchanges. In order to make the indicator
more comparable across different situations,
the areas of knowledge cited are those that
are a focus of prevention programs for men
who have sex with men in almost all contexts.
To be of additional use to program managers,
data for this indicator may be disaggregated by
prevention method, showing up strengths and
weaknesses in existing IEC campaigns.
Men Who Have Sex With Men
Indicator 2
No incorrect beliefs about
AIDS transmission
Definition
Numerator :
Number of respondents who
in response to prompted
questions correctly reject the
two most common local
misconceptions about AIDS
transmission or prevention,
and who know that a healthylooking
person can transmit
AIDS.
Denominator : Total number of respondents
surveyed.
Measurement tools
Men who have sex with
men questionnaire
Q904, Q907
(questions depend
on context)
What it measures
This measure is identical in principle to
Adult Indicator 2. However, it is worth
mentioning that there may be prevention or
cure myths specific to the world of men who
have sex with men. These should be explored
in the survey planning stage, and be used to
replace more generally held misconceptions
where appropriate.
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