Abstracts on sexual minorities at aids 2008 in mexico city

The MSMGF Team has gone through all abstracts presented at the International AIDS Conference in Mexico City and created this catalogue of abstracts concerning MSM and other sexual minorities for your reference. The abstracts were published on CD-ROM in cooperation with The Canadian Association for HIV research and the Journal of the International AIDS Society. Abstracts can also be found online here.

Abstracts here are sorted by category. To find the abstracts sorted by region, check here: Asia, Caribbean, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Latin America, North Africa and the Middle East, North America, Western and Central Europe, Oceania, Sub-Saharan Africa, International Scope.

Track B - Provision of HIV related care and therapy in difficult to treat populations
CD-ROM Publication

• CDB0598 - Safe Sailors Club; A support for HIV positive MSM and Tg in Mumbai metro

Track C - Modeling
CD-ROM Publication

• CDC0027 - Modelling the HIV epidemic in Pakistan: male and transgender sex workers (MTSW) and their
  male clients who have sex with men (MSM)

Track C - Risk factors for acquisition of HIV
CD-ROM Publication

• CDC0038 - Temporality in the perception of the risks associated with the bareback on MSM
• CDC0040 - Survey of HIV/SY infection and KABP related to AIDS among the MSM in Lanzhou
• CDC0052 - Elevated risk for HIV infection among money boys: a hidden group of MSM in China
• CDC0064 - HIV medication beliefs and high risk sexual behaviour in two cohorts of men who have sex with
  men, 2005-2007

Track C - Risk factors for infectivity, susceptibility, progression and transmission of HIV
CD-ROM Publication

• CDC0073 - Use of a structured sex diary to explore situational factors impacting HIV transmission risk
  episodes among HIV+ MSM
• CDC0075 - Study of perceptions, knowledge, attitudes and practices on HIV and condom use in adolescent
  gay men in the cities of La Paz and El Alto, in Bolivia

Track C - Epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections (STI) and HIV
CD-ROM Publication

• CDC0088 - HIV/STD prevalence among MSM in Chengdu, China and associated risk factors for HIV infection
• CDC0093 - Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STI) in a cohort study of men who have sex with
  men (MSM) in Bangkok, Thailand
• CDC0101 - Sexual risk behaviors and HIV infection among men who have sex with men who use the internet
• CDC0106 - Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV in a cohort of transgender male to female
  (MtF) patients from a single reference center in Paris, France
• CDC0108 - Seroprevalence study with men who have sex with men in Bogotá, Colombia. The Lambda
  project: returning to the essentials
• CDC0109 - A survey of the related health service require of STD/AIDS in men who have sex with men

Track C - Epidemiology of vulnerabilities to HIV
CD-ROM Publication

• CDC0136 - Perception of vulnerability of men who have sex with men (MSM) of suffering discrimination related
  to HIV/AIDS caused by their sexual orientation

Track C - HIV seroepidemiologic studies
CD-ROM Publication

• CDC0150 - Are men who have sex exclusively with men more vulnerable to HIV infection? Results of a
  cross-sectional behavioral and seroprevalence study with MSM in a Paraguayan border area
• CDC0153 - Changes of HIV and syphilis infection among men who have sex with men in Beijing China
• CDC0155 - Prevalence of HIV-infection and risk behaviour among men having sex with men in Moscow and
  Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation

Track C - Novel research designs in epidemiology
CD-ROM Publication

• CDC0158 - Study of varied index points in multiplier methods for urban MSM population size estimation
  in Nanchang, China
• CDC0159 - Study of social and cultural factors of condom use in MSM population in Chile
• CDC0161 - Sexual risk reduction among MSM in Toulouse (France): a model of co-research and intervention
  based on a NGO-university partnership

Track C - Methods in social epidemiology
CD-ROM Publication

• CDC0170 - How to made epidemiology surveillance on sexual behavior and HIV/STD prevalence rates
  in vulnerable population in Honduras: Central American study on sexual behavior surveillance and HIV/
  STD prevalence rates among vulnerable population, ECVC - PLUS, 2006

Track C - Behavioral surveillance
CD-ROM Publication

• CDC0188 - Prevalence of using alcohol or drugs and unprotected sex among men who have sex (MSM) with
  men in New York City (NYC)
• CDC0194 - HIV/AIDS prevalence and sexual risk behaviors among transexuals, gays and men who have sex
  with men in four cities in the Dominican Republic, 2008
• CDC0197 - Episodic heavy drinking among men who have sex with men in the context of HIV, in Ceará, Brazil
• CDC0199 - Sialon: behavioural survey questionnaire development and survey procedures piloting among men
  who have sex with men (MSM) in Veneto, Italy
• CDC0202 - Some behavioural features of the men having sex with men in Armenia
• CDC0208 - HIV/AIDS knowledge and attitude among MSM in Tehran

Track C - Surveillance of HIV and AIDS
CD-ROM Publication

• CDC0221 - Respondent driven sampling: an innovative way to access hard-to-reach populations in
  the conservative culture of Egypt
• CDC0235 - Trends in HIV prevalence and risk behavior among men who have sex with men (MSM) in
  Bangkok, Thailand, 2003 to 2007

Track C - Epidemiology of sexual behaviour
CD-ROM Publication

• CDC0245 - High risk behavior and HIV/AIDS prevalence among men having sex with men: the first report
  from Iran
• CDC0248 - Reseach into knowledge, attitudes and sexual pratices amongst men who have sex with men
• CDC0251 - Sexual practices and knowledge of HIV/STI transmission among men who have sex with men
• CDC0255 - Unporotected anal intercourse and their meaning in MSM in a relationship in Merida, Yucatan Mexico

Track C - Population-based surveys with HIV testing
CD-ROM Publication

• CDC0264 - High HIV/ STI prevalence among self-identified men who have sex with men in South India
• CDC0265 - Sexual behaviors and HIV/STIs prevalence among high risk populations in Andhra Pradesh - a
  high HIV prevalence State in India
• CDC0266 - Factors associated with STI and HIV among self-identified men having sex with men (MSM):
  findings of a cross sectional survey in three states in south India

Track C - STI prevention and control
CD-ROM Publication

• CDC0374 - Health seeking behaviour among male and female sex workers - a swift analysis of prevention
  of sexually transmitted infection (STI) in rural area
• CDC0375 - Infectious syphilis outbreaks among gay and other homosexually active men in Canada and Australia
  - is testing and treatment the answer?
• CDC0376 - Provision of sexual health services by NGOs to most at risk populations in Andhra Pradesh -
  the frontiers prevention programme 2003-2007

Track C - Pre-exposure prophylaxis
CD-ROM Publication

• CDC0377 - Off label PrEP use is rare among New England MSM, but interest is high

Track C - Determinants of HIV risk and protective behaviors
CD-ROM Publication

• CDC0396 - Auto-evaluation of HIV transmission risk according to various sexual practices in a sample of MSM
  in Toulouse, France: evidence of spontaneous risk reduction strategies
• CDC0401 - An analysis of sexual behavior and their ages of the first sexual contact of MSM who participated
  in gay bar-based HIV prevention program LIFEGURD

Track C - Interventions at the group, community, institutional or structural levels
CD-ROM Publication

• CDC0416 - What they know about HIV/AIDS: a survey among sex workers (women, men and transvestites)
  from Argentina
• CDC0426 - Explaining dramatic positive changes in reported behaviours and STI prevalence amongst MSM
  and FSWS in Andhra Pradesh (AP) India
• CDC0451 - Investigation could also be protection for the health of male sex workers

Track C - Interventions addressing vulnerabilities to HIV and AIDS
CD-ROM Publication

• CDC0474 - Diversitel: 8 years strengthening a telephonic interaction model for HIV and other STI’s
  prevention specialized for the sexual diversity audiences in Mexico

Track C - HIV counseling and testing
CD-ROM Publication

• CDC0537 - VCT approach for syphilis/HIV amongst MSM, Pakistan

Track C - Vulnerability reduction
CD-ROM Publication

• CDC0780 - Men who have sex with other men - an approach to their self-image

Track C - Prevention programmes for male and female sex workers
CD-ROM Publication

• CDC0804 - HIV/AIDS prevention in Pakistan: dynamics of condom use among men having sex with men

Track C - Prevention programmes for men who have sex with men (MSM)
CD-ROM Publication

• CDC0822 - Social marketing of flavored condoms and lubricant pouches as a tool to increase safe sex
  practices among MSM and Tg in Mumbai Metro
• CDC0823 - Gaze: an assets-based publication for gay men
• CDC0824 - Response to risk and vulnerabilities of MSM
• CDC0825 - Surveillance of STIs and HIV among MSMs and implementation of interventions
• CDC0826 - Tactical roadmap of WHO support to contain HIV transmission among MSM in China
• CDC0827 - Promoting safer sex practices amongst MSM youth through Youth Corners in Hyderabad, India
• CDC0828 - A relational and dynamic perspective when designing prevention messages for gay self-identified
  men in a biomedicalised HIV context
• CDC0829 - Technical sexual diversity committee of the state of São Paulo: an articulation strategy between
  state manager, municipal managers, and the organized civil society
• CDC0830 - A community education and condom promotion intervention addressed at men who have sex with
  men in Escuintla, Guatemala
• CDC0831 - Strengthening MSM capacities on HIV/AIDS prevention in Morocco
• CDC0832 - Willingness to be circumcised for preventing HIV among Chinese men who have sex with men
• CDC0833 - Prevention programmes for men who have sex with men (MSM)
• CDC0834 - Community base event for Latino MSM, MSM/F and transgender in San Francisco, CA
• CDC0835 - A case study of LIEGUARD: a workshop style gay bar based HIV prevention program for MSM
• CDC0836 - Integral attention clinic for LGTTB community in Honduras
• CDC0837 - Accion H “because you are important for us” (prevention program of HIV-AIDS and other
  sexual transmitted infections, by La Manta de México, A. C.)
• CDC0838 - Greater inclusion of migration and mobility issues in the response to HIV/AIDS among men having
  sex with men in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
• CDC0839 - Promotion of HIV prevention with most at-risk populations
• CDC0840 - Survey the attitude of rapid human immunodeficiency virus antibody test after use the rapid test
  kit and consulting among male homosexuals in Taiwan
• CDC0841 - Raw cut productions/anti-stigma awareness project
• CDC0842 - Drop in centre as a safe space for community empowerment and ownership
• CDC0843 - Participatory approach beyond BCC for negotiating safe sex in a Chinese marginalized
  (MSM) population
• CDC0844 - ´Gay Sex in the City´, validation of a communication strategy to promote access to diagnosis and
  care services on HIV/AIDS and STIs for gay men (GM) in Bogotá
• CDC0845 - Assessment of HIV prevention among MSM in the Pacific
• CDC0846 - HIV prevention amongst MSM in Botswana
• CDC0847 - HIV/AIDS eEpidemic among most at risk populations
• CDC0848 - Livelihood skill development programme for vulnerable MSM
• CDC0849 - “Do it safely” - a government HIV prevention campaign targeting MSM
• CDC0850 - HIV prevention among LGBT people in Ukraine: much is needed
• CDC0851 - A short-film competition on HIV and MSM to increase AIDS awareness and prevention
• CDC0852 - Addressing misconceptions & negative moral judgements against males who have sex with
  males among medical practitioners in Lucknow, India
• CDC0853 - Addressing the vulnerability of men who have sex with men to enhance their quality of life
  in Panchkula - India
• CDC0854 - Salvando VIHdas: street intervention to promote condom use among MSM, sex workers, mobile,
  and uniformed populations in Ciudad de San Francisco de Campeche, Campeche
• CDC0855 - Condom outlets increased the accessibility of condoms for MSM population to practice safe sex
  in Mumbai metro
• CDC0856 - Our inner faces
• CDC0857 - Study of MSM and their social factors
• CDC0858 - Manifold health intervention based on peer education
• CDC0859 - The implementation of fusion: a successful prevention program that targets Latin MSM between
  the ages of 18 and 30. Located in Broward County, Florida, USA
• CDC0860 - Las Rukas
• CDC0861 - The drama Downunder: the challenges of implementing a sexual health campaign across
  multiple national jurisdictions
• CDC0862 - EduPares II: consolidación y mejora de estrategias de educación de pares para prevenir el VIH y
  las ITS entre hombres gay y otros hombres que tienen sexo con hombres
• CDC0863 - Sexual diversity as an impediment to scaling up to universal access: support for advocacy initiatives
  in 6 Pacific Island Countries - low HIV prevalence settings through the Pacific sexual diversity network
• CDC0864 - Men who have sex with Men. Educational intervention
• CDC0865 - Cuenta conmigo: young people, homosexuals and bisexuals and their families for an HIV/
  AIDS prevention and a sexual health betterment
• CDC0866 - HIV services utilization in Los Angeles County
• CDC0867 - MSM networking for advocacy in Mongolia
• CDC0868 - The Belarus experience of preventive maintenance of a HIV/AIDS and STI among men having sex
  with men (MSM)
• CDC0869 - Methods of reduction of impact of stigma during realisation of programs of HIV/STI’s
  prevention among men who have sex with men (MSM) at local level
• CDC0870 - Defending the sexual health rights of the MSM/WSW in Kisumu, Kenya
• CDC0871 - Gay community as a key chain to break the HIV transmission
• CDC0872 - Information/prevention program on HIV and STI directed to transgender community
• CDC0873 - HIV prevention and intervention: promoting transsexual (Mak Nyah) health in Malaysia
• CDC0874 - Effective peer based outreach: making the difference in HIV prevention intervention for
  hijra (transgender)
• CDC0875 - Developing a menu of efective interventions for transgender youth
• CDC0876 - Would a multilevel social marketing be an effective method to prevent HIV/AIDS epidemic? A
  study over transgender community in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia
• CDC0877 - Sexual education and self-care, our commitment with transvestites, transgender and
  transsexuals (transgender women) in Tabasco, Mexico
• CDC0878 - Integration and validation of transgender and intersexual population among pairs consultancy
  - issues: consultancy among pairs, transgender and intersexual population

Track C - Prevention programmes for people living with HIV
CD-ROM Publication

• CDC0917 - Youthful spaces to production of educational materials for gay young living with HIV

Track C - Integrating HIV prevention and care and treatment programmes
CD-ROM Publication

• CDC0986 - ‘Rainbow Health Network’ - a systematic and concrete method to integrate HIV/AIDS prevention,
  care and treatment for MSM in poor-resource setting, Bangkok, Thailand
• CDC0991 - Implementing innovative strategies to increase HIV testing and treatment among Peruvian MSM
• CDC0997 - Lesson learned from the community training: “sexual for gay men youth” addressed to
  health providers

Track C - Prevention programmes for male and female sex workers
CD-ROM Publication

• CDC1014 - Developing outreach programs for male-to-female transgender (Waria) sex workers in
  cemetery environments

Track C - Risk factors for acquisition of HIV
CD-ROM Publication

• CDC1015 - Marriage, social isolation and sexual risk among Vietnamese MSM
• CDC0813 - Experiences in reaching and supporting gay male street sex workers through teaching how to
  use one’s mouth to place a condom on a client without their knowledge in Makassar (South Sulawesi
  province), Indonesia

Track D - Violence: gender, social, structural and family-based
CD-ROM Publication

• CDD0109 - Capacity building and life enhancement program among sexual minorities: fast and effective method
  to de stigmatize and social re integration in Nepal
• CDD0128 - Stigma and discrimination, including gender-based violence related to the risk of HIV infection
  among transgender sex workers and male sex workers in Pattaya, Chonburi, Thailand

Track D - Media and cultural representations
CD-ROM Publication

• CDD0154 - Breaking the silence: homosexuality and HIV in Haiti
• CDD0166 - Male sex trade in Guadaljara: using media to focus on visibility, needs & settings

Track D - Gender inequalities, partners and relationships
CD-ROM Publication

• CDD0221 - How are participating women and transgender people in he process of the Global Fund in
  Latin America?

Track D - Transgender and intersexual people
CD-ROM Publication

• CDD0253 - Transexuals speak. one hundred stories in one hundred words
• CDD0254 - The impact of erasure on HIV vulnerability in Ontario, Canada’s Trans Communities: the Trans
  PULSE project
• CDD0255 - This is my world: “They are not all who were, but they are all who are”
• CDD0256 - Play activities of transgender people to promote and have access to prevention supplies
• CDD0257 - Historic approach to trans reality for the prevention of HIV by using critical self-perception
• CDD0258 - Laundas and Kotis: emerging trans gender identities in India -Different background, same problems
• CDD0259 - A model for HIV /AIDS and STD´s prevention for transgender and transsexual women in Mexico
  using identity issue and work in peers

Track D - Non-heterosexual populations
CD-ROM Publication

• CDD0319 - Recreational center for gay young people in Tapachula, Chiapas (Grandmom´s house)
• CDD0320 - The intersection of sex and substance use among MSM: a prevention opportunity
• CDD0321 - Depressive symptoms among MSM in Chennai, India
• CDD0322 - Identity, social networks and sexual risk among township men-who-have-sex-with-men (MSM)
  in Cape Town, South Africa
• CDD0323 - A new HIV/STI national programme targetting men who have sex with men (MSM) and women
  who have sex with women (WSW) in South Africa; what, who and where?

Track D - Effects of homophobia
CD-ROM Publication

• CDD0324 - Homophobia and vulnerability to STD/HIV and AIDS among youth
• CDD0325 - Analysis of the homophobia and its impact on the AIDS response in Guatemala
• CDD0326 - First national campaign against homophobia in Guatemala
• CDD0327 - Community mobilizations as a key tool to reduce stigma and discrimination related to HIV and
  sexual orientation
• CDD0328 - Action for Migrants Men (AMM)
• CDD0329 - Reviewing understanding of homosexuality of psychology teachers in educational esatablishments
  and the resultant impact on student’s education
• CDD0330 - An exploratory study on influence of social exclusion and effects of homophobia among
  male homosexuals in metropolitan Kolkata (Calcutta), India

Track D - Young people and sexuality
CD-ROM Publication

• CDD0339 - The long neglected vulnerable of young MSM in Northeast region of India
• CDD0343 - Health support services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and intersexed LGBTI community in
  the greater KwaZulu-Natal Midlands

Track D - Drug and alcohol use, social exclusion, social supports and other psycho-social issues
CD-ROM Publication

• CDD0455 - Taking it deep! Recovery, sex and the meaning of life! Is a counselor-facilitated group for
  Vancouver queer men in later recovery from substance use and follows a harm reduction approach,
  which includes abstinence and moderation

Track D - Discrimination, stigma, social exclusion and criminalisation
CD-ROM Publication

• CDD0533 - MSM’s attitude towards PLHIV MSM in Armenia
• CDD0541 - Stigmatizing and discrimination of men (MHIV) and their partners (PHIV) living with HIV/
  AIDS diagnosis in Merida Yucatan México
• CDD0562 - Painted positive a 12:34 minute autobiography about a gay, aboriginal man living with HIV
• CDD0577 - Psychological problems faced by community care provider working with MSM and third gender
  (TG) living with HIV who face discrimination and exclusion from their own family and other medical
  service provider

Track D - Psychological well being and mental health
CD-ROM Publication

• CDD0614 - Psychology; it is hard being a transgender

Track D - Methods for measuring vulnerability and social inequality
CD-ROM Publication

• CDD0755 - A study on the psycho-social problems of gays with special reference to sarathi trust, Nagpur, India

Track D - Impact of donor agencies and policies on national responses
CD-ROM Publication

• CDD0769 - Measuring impact at the end of project: ex-post evaluation of a project aimed to increase
  the participation of gay, trans and men who have sex with men (MSM) with the Global Fund AIDS, TB and Malaria

Track E - Influencing policy development and policies
CD-ROM Publication

• CDE0006 - Electoral process, HIV and AIDS education and prevention as primary campaign slogan in winning
  the Local council for SK and chairmanship position: experiences of gay youth peer educators and advocates

Track E - Policies regarding HIV prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care
CD-ROM Publication

• CDE0084 - Changes in prevention strategies among gay men: the case of the Swiss association Dialogai

Track E - The relationship between human rights and HIV/AIDS
CD-ROM Publication

• CDE0132 - Stigma and discrimination against the MSM, the human rights and advocacy in the Cambodian setting
• CDE0135 - HIV, human rights and the LGBTQ movement in India

Track E - Discrimination, stigma and social exclusion
CD-ROM Publication

• CDE0154 - An alternative voice against stigma and vulnerability; message dissemination from an MSM
  dance group
• CDE0155 - Police harassment and societal rejection enhancing vulnerability of HIV among MSM Thane region
• CDE0165 - The application of the "yogyakarta principles" on sexual orientation and gender identity to HIV/
  AIDS policies, programming and advocacy

Track E - Protection, empowerment and involvement of PLWHAs and vulnerable populations
CD-ROM Publication

• CDE0179 - The FER an initiative of prevention and cultural in MSM in Habana city, evaluation

Track E - Capacity building for leadership and advocacy
CD-ROM Publication

• CDE0236 - Developing a business plan for a community based organization working with MSM and TG
  community in Mumbai and Thane districts in India

Track E - Social welfare
CD-ROM Publication

• CDE0307 - Male having sex with male (MSM)

Late Breaker Track C - Pre-exposure prophylaxis
Poster Exhibition

• LBPE1164 - Sex predictability, sex spacing and the feasibility of intermittent pre-exposure
  chemoprophylaxis (iPrEP) to prevent HIV infection among men who have sex with men (MSM) in
  Bangkok, Thailand

Late Breaker Track D - Transgender and intersexual people
Poster Exhibition

• LBPE1177 - Transgender persons who have sex with men (TSM) and HIV risk
• LBPE1178 - Tijuana trans people ... an unaccepted reality!

Late Breaker Track D - Effects of homophobia
Poster Exhibition

• LBPE1182 - Social context, individual trajectories and risk for HIV/AIDS in homosexuals men in Mexico City

Late Breaker Track E - Discrimination, stigma and social exclusion
Poster Exhibition

• LBPE1195 - Exploratory study to determine rights violations and HIV prevalence among township men who
  have sex with men (MSM) in Cape Town, South Africa

MOAC01 - Responding to the HIV Epidemics among Men who Have Sex with Men
Oral Abstract Session

• MOAC0101 - High risk sexual behaviour in men who have sex with men: the development of a sexual
  risk behaviour screening tool
• MOAC0102 - HIV prevention with men who have sex with men (MSM) in Togo, West Africa: an ethnographic study
• MOAC0103 - Using a mobile van to provide voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) to high-risk and closeted MSM
• MOAC0104 - Reducing non-premeditated risk-taking in MSM: a new intervention protocol to increase vigilance
  and control tested for efficacy in a prospective RTC
• MOAC0105 - Successful start of a preparatory HIV cohort study among men who have sex with men (MSM)
  in Bangkok, Thailand: preliminary baseline, follow-up and HIV incidence data

MOAD03 - Male and Transgender Sex Workers: Identities and Vulnerabilities
Oral Abstract Session

• MOAD0302 - HIV risk behaviors among transgender (Kathoey) sex workers in Bangkok, Thailand
• MOAD0303 - MSM, travesties, transsexual promoters in sexual health, STD and HIV/AIDS in Cuba
• MOAD0304 - Male sex workers among men who have sex with men in Lima, Peru
• MOAD0305 - ID cards that reflect gender identity can play role in reducing vulnerability of transgender
  sex workers

MOAX02 - The Hidden Side of Stigma and Discrimination
Oral Abstract Session

• MOAX0203 - Health and treatment seeking behaviour among Hijra

MOAX06 - Combating stigma and discrimination in healthcare settings
Oral Abstract Session

• MOAX0604 - Power and prejudice: the perceptions of people who provide services to non-gay-identifying
  African American men who have sex with men
  

MOPDC2 - HIV Testing Approaches and Controversies
Poster Discussion Session

• MOPDC203 - Factors associated with HIV testing among populations at high risk of infection, India

MOPDC1 - Scaling Up HIV Prevention in Latin America and the Caribbean
Poster Discussion Session

• MOPDC101 - HIV/STI transmission among HIV-positive men who have sex with men in Peru: a key area
  for prevention research

Track C - Modeling
Poster Exhibition

• MOPE0262 - A model for HIV-1 transmission amongst men who have sex with men according to sexual
  behaviour, optimism-scepticism, and sexual beliefs about plasma HIV-1 load and infectivity

Track C - Risk factors for acquisition of HIV
Poster Exhibition

• MOPE0278 - Illicit drug use and risk of HIV seroconversion among gay men in Sydney: data from the HIM cohort
• MOPE0283 - The role of risk reduction behaviours in HIV acquisition in gay men
• MOPE0292 - Risks for unprotected anal intercourse in older men who have sex with men
• MOPE0294 - Can perceived homophobia be protective? Correlates of lower likelihood of HIV positive status
  among bisexual MSM
• MOPE0298 - Alcohol use and sexual risk among MSM in Chennai, India
• MOPE0307 - Prevalence and risk factors for HSV-2 infection acquisition in men who have sex with men cohort
  in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Track C - Risk factors for infectivity, susceptibility, progression and transmission of HIV
Poster Exhibition

• MOPE0327 - Alcohol consumption and unprotected anal intercourse among Peruvian MSM: results from an
  STI clinic-based survey, 2007

Track C - Epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections (STI) and HIV
Poster Exhibition

• MOPE0358 - A cross-sectional study on HIV prevalence and risk behaviors among MSM in five cities in China
• MOPE0366 - High risk of anal intraepithelial neoplasia in HIV positive men who have sex with men in Mexico
• MOPE0370 - Prevalence of papillomavirus in anal pap smears of Dominican men having sex with men (MSM)
• MOPE0373 - High HIV and syphilis prevalence among male commercial sex workers from the Peruvian Amazon
• MOPE0376 - STI and HIV prevalence in male-to-female transgender communities in Chennai, Southern India

Track C - Epidemiology of viral hepatitis and HIV co-infection
Poster Exhibition

• MOPE0383 - High hepatitis C prevalence not fully explained by injection drug use (IDU) or HIV infection
  observed among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Baltimore: the behavioral surveillance research
  (BESURE) study

Track C - Epidemiology of vulnerabilities to HIV
Poster Exhibition

• MOPE0393 - A systematic review of HIV epidemiology and risk factors among MSM in Sub-Saharan Africa
• MOPE0394 - Male same-sex behaviour and associated sexual health indicators in low and middleincome
  countries: 2003-2007 estimates
• MOPE0396 - Rapid assessment of HIV infection and associated risk behaviors among men who have sex with
  men in Russia, 2008
• MOPE0397 - High HIV prevalence among hard to reach gay men in Jamaica is associated with high
  social vulnerability
• MOPE0400 - HIV/STD, risk behaviors and social discrimination in MSM gay, MSM no gay and travestis in Lima, Peru

Track C - HIV seroepidemiologic studies
Poster Exhibition

• MOPE0405 - Characteristics of HIV-infected MSM in Ontario unaware of their serostatus
• MOPE0407 - The first integrated seroprevalence and behavioural survey for men who have sex with men (MSM)
  in Hong Kong - Prism
• MOPE0411 - HIV and sexually transmitted infections among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Nigeria
• MOPE0412 - A cross-sectional evaluation of the HIV prevalence and HIV-related risk factors of men who have
  sex with men (MSM) in Malawi
• MOPE0419 - HIV prevalence and risk behavior among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Vientiane
  Capital, Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Track C - Novel research designs in prevention research
Poster Exhibition

• MOPE0429 - Community-based ethnography and HIV prevention among MSM in Mysore, India
• MOPE0436 - Trajectories of sex on premises visits: a systematic contribution to targeting health promotion to
  gay and bisexual men

Track C - Methods in social epidemiology
Poster Exhibition

• MOPE0454 - HIV-specific social support (HIV-SS) predicts discrepancy in reporting sexual behavior with
  primary partners in a sample of gay male couples
• MOPE0457 - Conducting a bio-behavioural survey among men who have sex with men in Tehran using
  respondent driven sampling: lessons learned
• MOPE0461 - Sexual mixing patterns and behavioral features of men who have sex with men in
  Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China

Track C - Population-based surveys with HIV testing
Poster Exhibition

• MOPE0492 - ´Suck & Go´ - anonymous HIV saliva test prevalence study among gay men in Queensland, Australia

Track C - Vulnerability reduction
Poster Exhibition

• MOPE0554 - Community mobilisation of key populations critically reduces vulnerability and significantly
  increases positive outcomes of a STI prevention programme: results from a four-year impact evaluation study
  in Andhra Pradesh, India

Track D - Socio-economic Issues and Approaches to Research
Poster Exhibition

• MOPE0596 - Community consultation strengthens response to substance use and HIV risk among MSM
  in Montreal, Canada
• MOPE0617 - The destiny of transvestite sex workers after HIV/AIDS in Solo, Central Java, Indonesia
• MOPE0634 - Structural change in gay communities in developed countries: impact on STI/HIV prevention
  and research
• MOPE0643 - Sexual health, HIV testing and health seeking behaviour of men who have sex with men (MSM)
  in Nigeria
• MOPE0697 - The effects of scale on costs of targeted HIV prevention interventions among female and male
  sex workers, MSM, and transgenders in India
• MOPE0814 - Rethinking risk perception for HIV infection and its relation with condom use among men who
  have sex with men: from behavioral to interactionism perspectives
• MOPE0842 - Conflicting images of HIV and AIDS foster sexual risk behavior among MSM in Germany
• MOPE0854 - The urgency to implement innovative prevention strategies: combining a community
  based participatory research approach and economic incentives with male sex workers in Mexico City
• MOPE0896 - Use of geographic information systems to monitor access to condoms and lubricants among
  female sex workers and men who have sex with men in seven Central American countries, 2007
• MOPE0907 - The purple sky network: a regional partnership approach to the HIV epidemic among MSM

Track E - Leadership and Advocacy
Poster Exhibition

• MOPE0958 - From "risks and responsibilities" to "APCOM" - the successful development of an Asia Pacific
  regional tripartite MSM coalition - involving the MSM/transgender(TG) community groups, governments of
  the region, donors & funders, and the UN agencies
• MOPE0995 - Staying on track - Ontario gay men’s HIV prevention strategy
• MOPE1004 - BE REAL: evaluation of Ontario’s social marketing HIV prevention campaign for gay men
• MOPE1020 - Mobilisation of MSM communities around the issues of HIV and STIs
• MOPE1047 - Building leadership amongst black gay men in the UK

THPDC2 - HIV and MSM: Evolving Risk, Transmission, and Prevention Opportunities
Poster Discussion Session

• THPDC201 - Which HIV-infected men who have sex with men (MSM) in care are most likely to transmit HIV
  to others?
• THPDC202 - Estimating the distribution of men who have sex with men (MSM) in the population based on
  Internet samples
• THPDC203 - HCV is emerging as an STI among HIV-infected MSM: a threat to the MSM community?
• THPDC204 - HIV-service-based screening for violence (GBV and discrimination) in marginalized
  vulnerable populations (MSM/TG)
• THPDC205 - Condom induced erectile dysfunction (COINED): a unique predictor of deliberate sexual risk

Track C - Measuring new HIV infections
Poster Exhibition

• THPE0238 - Rates of new HIV infections among men who have sex with men (MSM) undergoing repeat
  diagnostic testing in Ontario, Canada, 1993-2006
• THPE0240 - Routine rapid HIV test is negative in 13% of newly diagnosed HIV infections in MSM at risk for STI

Track C - Prevention programmes addressing gender inequalities
Poster Exhibition

• THPE0301 - Female counselor in MSM/MSW/TG project is not a gender barrier rather a breakthrough in
  the traditional framework of gender sensitivity in HIV prevention

Track C - Prevention programmes for male and female sex workers
Poster Exhibition

• THPE0304 - High HIV prevalence among male sex workers in Mysore, India - need for integrating care
  and support with prevention
• THPE0312 - Health outreach and drop-in centre reduce barriers for male sex workers in Montreal, Canada
• THPE0317 - Rolling out syphilis screening and treatment for sex workers and men who have sex with men
  in India
• THPE0332 - A new model for peer led prevention among male sex workers in Bangkok
• THPE0343 - Experiences in supporting gay sex workers in the Losari Beach area of Makassar, Indonesia
• THPE0344 - Creating a safe space and setting up a STI clinic as a tool to reduce incidence of HIV and control
  of STIs among male sex workers in Mumbai

Track C - Prevention programmes for men who have sex with men (MSM)
Poster Exhibition

• THPE0347 - Sex pigs: a rough guide to dirty sex - a new approach to prevention
• THPE0348 - Challenges and opportunities of HIV/AIDS prevention among LGBT/MSM at local and regional level
  in Ukraine
• THPE0349 - Reduction of risk behaviors among MSM in Senegal after targeted prevention interventions
• THPE0350 - Illicit drug use, intensive sex partying and HIV: what we know, what we have done and what we
  need to do
• THPE0351 - Assessing the effectiveness of HIV prevention programs among MSM in Russia
• THPE0352 - Targeted multi-media campaign reaching MSM in Bangkok and Chiang Mai in Thailand: a
  relevant strategy to increase the coverage and contribute to the effectiveness of interventions reaching MSM
• THPE0353 - Vick Vancouver: an assets-based HIV prevention campaign for gay men
• THPE0354 - Men having sex with men HIV sero-prevalence study in Singapore, a community based project
  to protect the MSM community
  
• THPE0355 - Experiences, ideas, and engaging a discourse: the role of semen in the lives of young HIVpositive
  and HIV-negative gay men in Vancouver, Canada
• THPE0356 - Predictors of condom use at last sex in backrooms among men who have sex with men:
  implications for HIV prevention programs, Mexico, 2007
• THPE0357 - A Jihad of the Heart a study with practicing Muslim MSMs to see impact of religious belief on them
• THPE0358 - Scaling-up evidence-based HIV prevention programs: issues about translating a communitylevel
  empowerment intervention for young MSM into practice
• THPE0359 - "Three months of absolute safer sex" maybe the answer to the new epidemic of HIV among gay
  men in Western countries
• THPE0360 - Comprehensive HIV prevention for males who have sex with males (MSM) in Myanmar: an
  evidence-based, results-focused, peer-driven strategy with scale and impact
• THPE0361 - Dr. Green: an E-counseling experience for promoting HIV/AIDS prevention among MSM in Peru
• THPE0362 - Australia-Thailand HIV/AIDS community sector partnership
• THPE0363 - Determining the feasibility of and approach to conducting an HIV assessment of men who have
  sex with men in Zambia
• THPE0364 - Self-reported HIV prevalence high among MSM in Mexico City
• THPE0365 - Assessing the needs of MSM from an underserved community in Cambodia in a participatory manner
• THPE0366 - ´Understanding the choices we make´ - a motivational booklet for men who want to stay
  HIV negative
• THPE0367 - Developing standardised guidelines on knowledge, attitude and skills of peer/outreach
  workers involved in HIV prevention for MSM in Southeast Asia
• THPE0368 - A discussion avoided: douching among young HIV-positive and HIV-negative gay men in
  Vancouver, Canada
• THPE0369 - Use of water-based lubricants among MSM in Pakistan: challenges & opportunities
• THPE0370 - Dream to reality: a model HIV prevention, care, support and treatment program
• THPE0371 - The thrills, chills and spills of working with sexually explicit materials in the new gay mainstream
• THPE0372 - Reasons for not taking an HIV test among men who have sex with men: an internet study from Peru
• THPE0373 - “The magnet model” - integrating HIV prevention for MSM into individual and community health
  and wellness
• THPE0374 - Lessons learned creating a gay men’s health festival targeting community wellness instead
  of individual HIV prevention in Ottawa, Canada
• THPE0375 - HIV prevention challenges in cruising sites used by MSM in Buenos Aires, Argentina
• THPE0376 - MSM in India: impressive positive changes in sexual behavior are reflected in reduced STI prevalence
• THPE0377 - FPP prevention for MSM in Ecuador: positive changes in behavior, but not so much on
  STI transmission
• THPE0378 - Successfully reaching MSM in Mongolia
• THPE0379 - Client tracking sheet: a tool that helps to track MSM clients in Mumbai district, India for HIV/
  STI follow up services
• THPE0380 - Towards empowering MSM/MSW/TG living in rural areas in prevention of STI/HIV/AIDS
• THPE0381 - HIV sentinel surveillance for men who have sex with men in Shenzhen in 2007
• THPE0382 - Evidence-informed and planned HIV prevention for LGBT (lesbian gay bisexual
  transgender) populations in Southern Africa, Latin America and Surinam
• THPE0383 - NetReach: online peer outreach to virtual communities across Australia
• THPE0384 - VCT and therapy at one place: a peer group specific outpatient clinic for MSM in Zurich as a
  successful model to react on the emerging increase of HIV and STI’s
• THPE0385 - Retention in a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of an online sexual risk reduction intervention
• THPE0386 - MSM program - Asian Bathhouse Event
• THPE0387 - Shining a light on gay anal sex: community reactions to an explicit campaign promoting condom
  use for anal sex with casual partners
• THPE0388 - Working together to make a difference for MSM in Cambodia
• THPE0389 - A pilot intervention study among MSM in Beijing, China
• THPE0390 - Strategies for effective response to MSM HIV epidemic: a successful experience in developing
  a community-based voluntary counseling and testing service targeting MSM in Hong Kong
• THPE0391 - Brazilian national plan to combat the AIDS and STD epidemic among men who have sex with men
  and transvestites - strengthening intersectoriality and social networks
• THPE0392 - A dversidade é legal (diversity is great): the methodology of involving groups of young,
  homosexual men in action to end homophobia in Pernambuco
• THPE0393 - NGOs unite at the pan-European level to improve HIV prevention and support for men who have
  sex with men (MSM)
• THPE0394 - Exploring local religious traditions in terms of male to male sex in Hyderabad, India
• THPE0395 - Exploring childhood sexual experiences and sexual identity among non-gay identifying HIVpositive
  African American MSMW
• THPE0396 - Strategies for increasing participant recruitment and retention in behavioral interventions targeted
  at MSM of color: “Many men, many voices” at Gay Men’s Health Crisis, Inc.
• THPE0397 - Sexual violence and stigma: a challenge for HIV prevention among MSM in Mysore
• THPE0398 - Support groups on outreach site act as a preventive tool to create awareness on HIV/AIDS
  among MSM in Mumbai, India
• THPE0399 - A cohort study on STD/AIDS infections among MSMs in Shenzhen
• THPE0400 - Spectrum Health Net: reaching the invisible with holistic sexual health education
• THPE0401 - Men having sex with men: a better knowledge of their practices in order to better design
  prevention programmes (France)
• THPE0402 - HIV intervention amongst the MSM community in Nigeria
• THPE0403 - BCC material for men having sex with men for the prevention of STIs & HIV in an Islamic country
• THPE0404 - Study on the prevention needs of men who have sex with men in the town of Ouagadougou,
  Burkina Faso
• THPE0405 - Integrating AIDS prevention into a Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

Track C - Prevention programmes for transgenders
Poster Exhibition

• THPE0406 - MTF transgender´s situation in France
• THPE0407 - The participation of transgender sex workers in peer prevention strategies and lobbying activities
• THPE0408 - Building a network of care trough consensus for trans people into the public health system in
  Buenos Aires city
• THPE0409 - Social and cultural dimensions: Hijray (eunuch) highly HIV vulnerable multiply marginallized
  & discriminated population
• THPE0410 - Project concerning prostitution in Paris and its surroundings
• THPE0411 - Study of transgenders in Tamilnadu
• THPE0412 - Peer-led assessment of transgender sex workers in Cali, Colombia
• THPE0413 - Salons as a venue for effective HIV/STI prevention education for gay men, male-tofemale
  transgenders (warias), and the general public in Makassar, Indonesia

Track C - Prevention programmes for people living with HIV
Poster Exhibition

• THPE0439 - Peer health educator program offers African American men who have sex with men assistance
  with HIV and chronic disease management
• THPE0446 - Strengthening MSM-PLHA network across the state to access services without discrimination
• THPE0452 - Direct health promotion interventions with gay men living with HIV
• THPE0457 - Addressing the mental health needs of HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM) as a
  strategy to reduce HIV transmission behaviors
• THPE0458 - Convention on gay HIV+ men: a community initiative to incite MSM mobilisation

Track D - Faith Communities
Poster Exhibition

• THPE0611 - Black Brothers Esteem’s Spiritual Health Initiative: focusing on spiritual health to further
  HIV prevention and strengthen holistic health among African-American MSM (men who have sex with men)

Track D - Living with HIV
Poster Exhibition

• THPE0645 - Living in an HIV-discordant couple: challenges faced by gay men in Mexico City
• THPE0655 - An early PLWHA: the man behind the ´Patient Zero´ mask in the North American AIDS Epidemic
• THPE0659 - Quality of life, determinants, gender and sexual orientation
• THPE0665 - Challenges of wellness promotion models for MSM immigrants
• THPE0689 - Use of sex-seeking venues and serostatus disclosure among HIV positive men who have sex with
  men (MSM) in Ontario, Canada
• THPE0697 - Disclosure decisions of HIV positive men who have sex with men (MSM) in Cape Town, South Africa
• THPE0702 - Telling one’s seropositivity, telling one’s homosexuality. Interactions between coming-out and
  HIV-positive status disclosure
• THPE0744 - Discrimination between HIV negative and positive MSM: results from the « AIDES & Toi » survey
• THPE0830 - 6 months for self care: community-based recharging of the batteries for gay HIV+ men
• THPE0850 - Acute hepatitis C in HIV-infected men who have sex with men (MSM) in France in 2006 and
  2007: interviews with patients (HEPAIG qualitative study, ANRS 07342)
• THPE0851 - Acute hepatitis C in HIV-infected men who have sex with men in France in 2006 and 2007:
  HEPAIG study, behavioural results
• THPE0855 - The role of substance use in explaining fluctuations in mental and physical health among HIV+ MSM
• THPE0889 - Implementing evidence-based interventions in a community mental-health setting: Team 119 at
  Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC, Inc.)
• THPE0937 - Methodologies for recruitment a sample of Mexican MSM: challenges and boundaries for next trials

Track E - Stigma and Discrimination
Poster Exhibition

• THPE1051 - NGOs and health service provider collaboration to tackle stigma and discrimination (S&D),
  including gender-based violence (GBV) among transgender sex workers and male sex workers in
  Pattaya, Chonburi, Thailand
• THPE1056 - Men who have sex with men and the right to have access to anti-retroviral drugs in South Africa
• THPE1068 - Homosexual behavior in rural districts of Khanh Hoa province, Vietnam
• THPE1080 - Methodology for measuring vulnerability in MSM: comparison of web-based survey and face to
  face survey in Mexico
  

Track E - PLWA Protection and Empowerment
Poster Exhibition

• THPE1096 - Non-formal education and income generation programmes strengthen HIV prevention in maleto-
  female transgender community groups in rural India

TUAD03 - Reaching Diverse Populations of Men who Have Sex with Men in Lower and Middle
Income Countries
Oral Abstract Session

• TUAD0301 - Strengthening community participation in China’s AIDS response among men who have sex with men
• TUAD0302 - Vulnerable men who have sex with men and women in Lima: feasibility of new strategies to
  reach them for prevention, care and research
• TUAD0303 - Building the capacity of HIV providers in health and community settings to respond to GBV
  among MSM/TG
• TUAD0304 - Pioneering HIV/AIDS prevention work among MSM in A Muslim country
• TUAD0305 - Correlates of unprotected receptive anal intercourse among gay and bisexual men in
  Kampala, Uganda

TUPDC1 - Intervening with Marginalized Communities: Successes and Challenges
Poster Discussion Session

• TUPDC105 - Networking between sex worker/transgender communities and Islamic religious authorities
  in Malaysia

Track C - Behavioral surveillance
Poster Exhibition

• TUPE0252 - HIV prevalence and associated risk behaviours among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Canada
• TUPE0253 - An accident or a habit? Unsafe sex among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Denmark
• TUPE0262 - Factors associated with multiple sex partners in the same encounter (group sex) among New
  York City (NYC) men who have sex with men (MSM) recruited online

Track C - Surveillance of HIV and AIDS
Poster Exhibition

• TUPE0280 - Results of the 3rd round of surveillance of HIV infection and risk behavior in populations of men
  who have sex with men in Thailand
• TUPE0285 - A systematic review of HIV prevalence among MSM in Asia, Latin America, and Africa from 2000-2008

Track C - Surveillance systems and methods
Poster Exhibition

• TUPE0287 - What the new estimates for HIV+ people in India mean for MSM communities

Track C - Epidemiology of sexual behaviour
Poster Exhibition

• TUPE0303 - HIV risk behaviors and STD prevalence among young male prisoners in Thailand
• TUPE0305 - Baseline drug use and sexual risk behavior among HIV-uninfected MSM enrolled in a tenofovir
  pre-exposure prophylaxis trial
• TUPE0306 - Are men who have sex with men (MSM) involved in sex work at higher risk for HIV than the
  general population of MSM? Results of a population-based behavioral and seroprevalence study in Campinas,
  Sao Paulo, Brazil
• TUPE0307 - Risk reduction strategies among HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM) in Canada
• TUPE0311 - Prevalence of HIV serosorting strategies among men who have sex with men, San
  Francisco, California, USA
• TUPE0313 - Risky sexual behavior and HIV seroprevalence among MSM in Campinas, SP, Brazil
• TUPE0314 - Withdrawal, “serosorting” or “strategic positioning”: use of risk reduction strategies with casual
  sex partners in men who have sex with men (MSM) in Switzerland, 2007
• TUPE0315 - HIV risk behaviour among ethnic minority men who have sex with men (MSM) living in the UK
• TUPE0317 - Men who have sex with men(MSM) and HIV epidemic in China: a web-based study on MSM
• TUPE0321 - Increasing prevalence of unprotected anal intercourse with serodiscordant casual partners
  among HIV-negative and positive gay men in Sydney, Australia: no evidence of ‘bug chasing'
• TUPE0326 - HIV risk reduction strategies and practices among gay men: is our understanding of them in disarray?

Track C - Monitoring and evaluation
Poster Exhibition

• TUPE0334 - Knowledge, behaviors and HIV prevention coverage among men who have sex with men (MSM) in
  low and middle income countries: lessons from the 2005 UNGASS reporting round

Track C - HIV counseling and testing
Poster Exhibition

• TUPE0390 - Twelve years later - Have gay and bisexual men’s (MSM) reasons for not seeking HIV testing
  changed in Toronto and Ontario, Canada?
• TUPE0392 - VCCTC in a drop in center space increased health seeking behavior among MSM and TG population
  in Mumbai metro
• TUPE0395 - “Too scared to get tested”; anxiety as a barrier for HIV testing among South African MSM
• TUPE0424 - BCN checkpoint: implementation of a community based center of HIV detection for men who have
  sex with men (MSM) in Barcelona, Spain
• TUPE0433 - Social factors associated with HIV testing practices among black men who have sex with men in
  the United States
• TUPE0471 - HIV risk perception and test result-seeking behavior among Mexican MSM

Track D - Gender and Vulnerability
Poster Exhibition

• TUPE0603 - “Virgins’ Bathhouse” project for Latin newcomers in Toronto addresses the high risk of
  infection among gay and MSM community members
• TUPE0615 - High rate of HIV among short stay MSM migrants in Thane district, India
• TUPE0616 - Social, cultural and behavioral dimensions of MSM in Pakistan
• TUPE0625 - Screening for gender-based violence and other forms of stigma and discrimination among MSM
  and transgendered persons: a synthesis and review of relevant literature
• TUPE0628 - Evidence of harassment and violence faced by men who have sex with men (MSM) in Mumbai
  and Thane
• TUPE0639 - Hate crimes for sexual identity in Guatemala (1996-2006)
• TUPE0649 - Peer based intervention programs/activities and making aware of their Rights amongst MSM in
  Delhi, India
• TUPE0673 - Multiple partners and males who have sex with males - a need to be loved or desire to discharge -
  an insight study to understand the psycholgy of kothis and giriyas
• TUPE0729 - Race-related differences in rates of HIV testing and infection in South African MSM\
• TUPE0743 - Effects of stigma on HIV sexual risk behaviors among African American and Latino men who have
  sex with men, New York City, 2004
• TUPE0748 - Unraveling risk and protective factors affecting sexual behaviors among Chinese MSM in Hong Kong:
  a qualitative exploration
• TUPE0750 - Caught between homophobia and racism: effects of discrimination upon the sexual behaviour of
  men who have sex with men (MSM) from ethnic and racial minority communities
• TUPE0752 - New challenges in the response to HIV among MSM, China
• TUPE0754 - Alcohol-use and risky sexual scripts among peruvian men have sex only with men (MSOM)
• TUPE0762 - Fun together: addressing STI, HIV/AIDS among the men who have sex with men
  (MSMs)/transgenders (TGs)
• TUPE0772 - Does HIV matter to MSM in Buenos Aires, Argentina?
• TUPE0773 - “Edging”: a potential HIV risk or resilience factor among men who have sex with men (MSM)
• TUPE0776 - Testimonies of eigth gay couples living in Mexico City
• TUPE0777 - Strengthening the sensitivity towards MSM of NGO staff working with MSM through training
  and education
• TUPE0779 - When poverty, social exclusion, alcohol and violence increase HIV/STI risk: men who only have
  sex with men (MSOM) in four Peruvian coastal cities
• TUPE0786 - Mental health issues in men who have sex with men in Mumbai
• TUPE0789 - Implementation of an HIV prevention program for men who have sex with other men in
  culturally conservative settings in Mexico
• TUPE0790 - Giving thought: reccomendations for prevention programming with black men who have sex with men
• TUPE0792 - Activism towards respect and responding MSM’s needs in a conservative environment in Mexico
• TUPE0806 - Unprotected sex among men who have sex with men: the perspective of the vulnerability framework
• TUPE0808 - Gay men, our lives and HIV in Central America and the Caribbean
• TUPE0811 - Stigma and discrimination experienced by men who have sex with men in Britain
• TUPE0812 - Swings of HIV risk in the life cycle: a study of Mexican sexual biographies
• TUPE0814 - Visibility and mobilization them MSM for to reduce stigma and discrimination in
  Aguascalientes, México, traditional state
• TUPE0815 - Overcoming religious barriers for effective behavior change communication (BCC) in a MSM
  targeted intervention in Thane District, Maharashtra in India
• TUPE0825 - Males who have sex with male (MSMs)/male sex workers (MSMs), their sexual behavior and
  impact on women
• TUPE0856 - Acceptability of daily bupropion for treatment of methamphetamine dependence among high-risk
  men who have sex with men (MSM)
• TUPE0857 - Project MIX: baseline correlates of alcohol or drug treatment among a diverse sample of high risk
  substance-using men who have sex with men
• TUPE0865 - Event-level context of methamphetamine use and sexual risk behavior of high-risk, substanceusing
  men who have sex with men in the United States
• TUPE0866 - Trajectories of illicit drug use among young men who have sex with men (YMSM): sociodemographic
  and psychosocial correlates, and associations with other HIV-risk related behaviors
• TUPE0868 - Sex-drugs, community, and HIV: young African American, Latino, and Multiracial men who have
  sex with men (MSM) in Los Angeles and New York
• TUPE0874 - Evidence for a synergistic effect of the combined use of inhaled nitrites, stimulants and
  erectile dysfunction drugs in the MACS
• TUPE0878 - Sexuality and mental health concerns among gay men who use methamphetamine in
  Vancouver, Canada
• TUPE0879 - VAMP (Vancouver Addictions Matrix Program). Crystal meth treatment services for gay and
  bisexual men
• TUPE0880 - Partner serostatus and sexual risk taking among a sample of methamphetamine-using HIVpositive
  men who have sex with men (MSM)
• TUPE0882 - Changing trajectories of drug use among aging MSM
• TUPE0886 - Feasibility and acceptability of bupropion for treatment of methamphetamine dependence
  among high-risk men who have sex with men (MSM)
  
• TUPE0887 - Differences in correlates of drug use among recent and non-recent immigrant Hispanic MSM

Track E - Policy in Theory and Practice
Poster Exhibition

• TUPE0924 - Public health responses to the U.S. HIV epidemic among black men who have sex with men
• TUPE0925 - Experiences and lessons of China’s participation (namely Yunnan and Guangxi provinces) in
  the Purple Sky Network (PSN, formerly a MSM coordination mechanism in the Greater Mekong Subregion
  initiated by USAID)
• TUPE0961 - From community to government and back: men who have sex with men and transgender
  people uniting to develop a national HIV/AIDS policy for India

WEPDC2 - Respondent Driven Sampling: New Methods for Accessing HARD to Reach Populations
Poster Discussion Session

• WEPDC202 - Reaching men who have sex with men through long-chain referral recruitment, Guangzhou, China

WEPDD1 - Sexuality, Body Image and the Meanings of Gender
Poster Discussion Session

• WEPDD102 - Sexual identity, sexual role, sexual practices and risk for HIV/STI acquisition among men who
  have sex with men in Peru
• WEPDD104 - The impact of gender role conflict and black racial identification on the sexual risk behaviors of
  Black men who have sex with men in the United States

WEPDE2 - Mobilizing, Building the Capacity and Researching on Gay, Transgender and MSM Issues
Poster Discussion Session

• WEPDE201 - Japan’s local governments’ measures targeting MSM and its difficulties: from the results of 111
  local government survey
• WEPDE202 - Capacity building of MSM and TG community based organizations as support to national AIDS
  control program phase III in India
• WEPDE203 - Evidence of the mobilization of the ‘men having sex with men’ (MSM) community in Africa
• WEPDE204 - Reducing the vulnerabilities of LGBT in Brazil, through advocacy in the legislative branch
• WEPDE205 - 46% is not acceptable: community mobilization of black gay men to address the HIV epidemic in
  the United States
• WEPDE206 - Advocacy in Latin America: increasing the participation of communities gay, trans and MSM

Track C - STI prevention and control
Poster Exhibition

• WEPE0246 - The prevalence of asymptomatic rectal, urethral, and pharyngeal Neisseria gonorrhea (GC)
  and Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) among men who have sex with men (MSM) participating in the Washington, D.
  C. Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS)

Track C - Pre-exposure prophylaxis
Poster Exhibition

• WEPE0259 - Knowledge and use of post- and pre-exposure prophylaxis among MSM in 3 US cities: baseline
  data from the first US pre-exposure prophylaxis trial
• WEPE0265 - Knowledge of HIV post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) is not associated with increase in sexual
  risk behaviour among men who have sex with men

Track C - Microbicides
Poster Exhibition

• WEPE0276 - Commercial lubricant use for anal sex among men who have sex with men in Lima, Peru

Track C - Determinants of HIV risk and protective behaviors
Poster Exhibition

• WEPE0296 - Trust and condom use during last anal sex: the role of sexual caution and sexual assurances
  for Mexican MSM
• WEPE0302 - Drug use and Hispanic men who have sex with men in South Florida: implications for
  intervention development
• WEPE0307 - Childhood sexual abuse as a predictor of unprotected anal intercourse among men who have sex
  with men: differences based on HIV status
• WEPE0330 - Differential HIV/STD sexual risk behavior among at-risk Massachusetts men who have sex with
  men accessing Department of Public Health mobile van services at gay-specific venues

Track C - Interventions at the group, community, institutional or structural levels
Poster Exhibition

• WEPE0356 - Effects of structure-level intervention on increasing condom availability and reducing risky
  sexual behaviors for gay bathhouse attendees
• WEPE0361 - The MaBwana Black Men´s study: correlates of HIV testing among black men who have sex with
  men in Toronto
• WEPE0365 - Young men young voices: an adapted group level HIV prevention model for young men of color
  who have sex with men
• WEPE0385 - Handbook for men who have sex with men (MSM) and female sex workers (FSW) peer
  educators training: from the "discovering the person inside me" workshop in Lima, Peru
• WEPE0395 - Empowering sex workers and men who have sex with men: the role of social capital in preventing
  the spread of HIV in Andhra Pradesh
• WEPE0402 - Development and first evaluation of a structural intervention promoting safer sex among MSM
  who frequent public sex venues (PSVs) in Amsterdam
• WEPE0407 - Effects of a behavioral intervention to reduce serodiscordant unsafe sex among HIV positive
  men who have sex with men: the positive connections randomized controlled study

Track C - Interventions addressing vulnerabilities to HIV and AIDS
Poster Exhibition

• WEPE0458 - Behavior change strategic model targeting MSM: a success story from Pakistan
• WEPE0459 - Barebacking: in the age of AIDS, the cultural (MIS) trust among MSM in middle class India

Track D - Sexual Cultures and Meanings
Poster Exhibition

• WEPE0696 - Gift givers, bug chasers and sexual outlaws: media responses to cases of knowing and reckless
  HIV transmission
• WEPE0704 - Improving the treatment and care of transgender women living with HIV. Experiences from
  a Community Health Center
• WEPE0705 - Racial and ethnic differences in HIV risk behaviors among transgender women in the U.S.
• WEPE0707 - HIV-related risk behaviors and protective strategies of transgender men who have sex with
  non-transgender men
• WEPE0708 - Social hierarchy, community norms, and HIV risk among Hijra (transwomen) communities in India
• WEPE0709 - A noble intervention to reduce HIV vulnerability among transgender adolescent and youth in
  and around Kolkata, India
• WEPE0710 - Transgendercide: the impact of conceptualizing transgenders as men who have sex wirth men
• WEPE0711 - Transgender sex workers educating policemen to avoid violence
• WEPE0712 - Getting primed: informing HIV prevention with gay/bi/queer trans men in Ontario
• WEPE0713 - Center of Excellence for Transgender HIV Prevention
• WEPE0714 - Factors influencing STI service uptake by male-to-female transgenders at government clinics
  in Chennai, India
• WEPE0715 - Visibility of transgender sex workers towards stigma and discrimination matters
• WEPE0716 - Health and wellbeing of transgender people in Australia and New Zealand
• WEPE0717 - Sexual risk practices by sexual identity among men who have sex with men (MSM) in
  Bangalore, India
• WEPE0719 - Contextualising male-to-male-sex in Indonesia and Thailand
• WEPE0720 - Reaching male and transgender sexworker communities in Pakistan: addressing public and
  private identities
• WEPE0722 - Identity and sexual health among ethnic minority men who have sex with men (MSM) in Britain:
  a qualitative study
• WEPE0723 - Social construction of the identity of the Central American communities of the sexual diversity
  living in Guatemala
• WEPE0724 - Factors contributing to bare-backing behavior among gay men: toward the synthesis of a new
  model of HIV prevention
• WEPE0725 - Camfrog and sexuality of Thai young men who have sex with young men: space, sexual agency,
  and power structure
• WEPE0726 - Declining assertion of sexuality: a look at the ‘unnatural offences’ in India
• WEPE0727 - Addressing HIV among MSM groups in Pakistan: working with a highly vulnerable group within
  a conservative Islamic context
• WEPE0731 - Who are the barebackers? Poly-drug use and unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) among men
  who have sex with men (MSM) in Toronto Canada
• WEPE0732 - Coming together to address HIV: network development as an empowerment model for
  sexual minority groups
• WEPE0733 - Outlook, identity and risks in lives of men who have sex with men in Cambodia and how media
  can contribute to an enabling environment and risk reduction
• WEPE0734 - Community attitudes to sex on premises venues and their patrons
• WEPE0735 - Indigenous communities of GBTTs (gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual) and MSM (Men who
  have sex with men) are challenge to resist the HIV epidemic and other STDs impact in Republic of Guatemala
• WEPE0737 - Knowledge and behaviour of MSM who have sexual relations with women
• WEPE0738 - Eurosupport V: sexual health in a group of HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM)
• WEPE0739 - Trajectories of number of male sex partners among aging MSM
• WEPE0740 - Sero-sorting: is it replacing safe-sex for gay men in Sydney?
• WEPE0742 - HIV infection and risk factors among men who have sex with men in Zanzibar (Ugunja), Tanzania
• WEPE0743 - Male sexual health intervention in Hanoi
• WEPE0744 - Sexual minorities and barriers to HIV care in the United States
• WEPE0745 - Contextual influences on condom use among men who have sex with men (MSM) in India
• WEPE0746 - HIV/AIDS prevention and the battle against stigma and homophobia in a rural city of Mexico;
  the case of the Club Gay Amazonas in Tenosique
• WEPE0747 - Sexual behavior and risk factors for HIV infection among homosexual and bisexual men in Thailand
• WEPE0748 - Building capacity and supporting volunteer peer educators to target men who have sex with men
  for HIV prevention: Poro Sapot Project, save the children in Papua New Guinea
• WEPE0749 - Men who have sex with men and women in Lima: understanding a hidden and vulnerable population
• WEPE0750 - HIV sero-prevalence and related risky sexual beahviours among insertive men having sex with
  men (IMSM) in Khartoum state, Sudan, 2007
• WEPE0751 - Vulnerability to HIV/STI among MSM and transgender populations in India - implications for
  AIDS prevention research
• WEPE0752 - Psychosocial and demographic predictors of HIV risk and HIV infection in men who have sex
  with men (MSM) in Chennai, India
• WEPE0754 - A Study on sexually transmitted infections among HIV-infected men who have sex with men in
  AP State
• WEPE0755 - A study of the knowledge, attitude and practice of homosexuality and associated HIV/AIDS
  risk among undergraduates of the University of Lagos, Akoka, Nigeria
• WEPE0756 - Homophobic violence and HIV risk behaviors among men who have sex with men (MSM)
  in Campinas, SP, Brazil
• WEPE0757 - Homophobia and AIDS in Islam
• WEPE0758 - From the front line - the impact of social, legal and judicial impediments to sexual health
  promotion, care and support for males who have sex with males in Bangladesh and India - a study
  conducted under the aegis of Naz Foundation International
• WEPE0759 - Creating safe space for sexual minorities: pioneering a formal approach to LGBT student
  peer-support and advocacy at a Caribbean regional university based in Jamaica
• WEPE0760 - Homophobia and its implications for HIV transmission in African and Caribbean communities
  in Canada
• WEPE0761 - Association of sexual orientation with self-rated health and cigarette and alcohol use in
  adolescents and youths in Mexico
• WEPE0762 - Widespread myths about male homosexuality leading to greater stigma and discrimination
• WEPE0763 - National campaign against homophobia in Mexico
• WEPE0764 - ´Use your voicebox´ - challenging homophobia in health and community services in
  Queensland, Australia
• WEPE0767 - Monogamy, polyamory and sexual exclusivity in gay/homosexual men in Mexico city. An
  application of the life course approach
• WEPE0770 - Evidence from behavioural surveys for a transient delay of sexual debut among German gay
  male adolescents: does it reflect a spontaneous reaction to increasing AIDS awareness in the 1980s and 1990s?
• WEPE0772 - Highlighting risk contexts differences among male, female and transgender sex workers:
  evidence from Mexico
• WEPE0777 - Caracterizing the male sexual worker without gay identity and his vulnerability factors related to HIV
• WEPE0782 - HIV prevalence and correlates among male and transgender sex workers: an international
  meta-analytic review
• WEPE0784 - Is transactional sex among MSM in Mali a HIV risk factor?
• WEPE0785 - A community based-research approach to understanding the needs of transgender sex-workers
  in the Dominican Republic
• WEPE0786 - Male sex work in Mombasa, Kenya: driven by poverty or identity?
• WEPE0788 - Perceived and experienced stigma among male sex workers who sell sex to men in Mombasa, Kenya
• WEPE0792 - HIV Infection among immigrant sex workers in Rome: comparing men, women and transgenders
• WEPE0794 - Men, women and MSM trading: gender and rural-urban differences in purchasing and selling sex

Track E - Human Rights and the Law
Poster Exhibition

• WEPE0934 - Section 377 of Indian penal code: an impediment towards HIV/AIDS prevention
• WEPE0964 - Legislation poses a challenge for HIV/AIDS intervention programmes targeted at Pacific men
  who have sex with men

Track E - Issue Based Policy
Poster Exhibition

• WEPE1009 - National HIV policy and strategy excludes third gender (TG) and TG SW (sex workers) in Nepal
• WEPE1035 - Opinions, attitudes and knowledge about HIV/AIDS, gender, sexaulity and sexual orientation
  in pedagogical students and professors
• WEPE1052 - Services to prevent sexually transmitted infections including HIV among MSM in Bangladesh

Track E - Policy Evaluation
Poster Exhibition

• WEPE1061 - Impacts of sexual behaviours on HIV infections in MSM in the pacific region

Track E - Prisons, Military and the Police
Poster Exhibition

• WEPE1094 - Working with police towards prevention of STIs and HIV amongst PNG’s most vulnerable
  groups: female sex workers, men who have sex with men, people living with HIV - poro sapot project, save
  the children in Papua New Guinea