OCCUPATION AND HEALTH ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (2): 280-284.

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Research progress on characteristics of MSM use social media and impact of social media on HIV interventions in MSM

YUN Ru1, WANG Li-juan2, WEI Yun-fang2   

  1. 1. School of Public Health,Baotou Medical College,Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology,Baotou Inner Mongolia 014040,China;
    2. Department of STD and AIDS Control,Chaoyang District Center for Disease Control and Prevention,Beijing 100000,China
  • Received:2022-06-02 Revised:2022-06-15 Published:2026-03-02
  • Contact: WANG LI-juan,Associate chief physician,E-mail:waque@163.com

Abstract: In China,sexual transmission has become the main mode of human immunodeficiency virus(HIV),and the proportion of male same-sex transmission is still at a high level.The men who have sex with men(MSM) prefer to use social media to make friends online to further develop offline sexual partners,leading to a higher risk of HIV infection.The use of social media in MSM has become an unavoidable trend,but it has also opened up another and more effective intervention path.The social media provides more health intervention functions for MSM,and help MSM to get HIV-related intervention in a more convenient condition,providing new ideas for AIDS intervention.

Key words: Social media, Men who have sex with men, Health intervention

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