Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW, 2017
The Adelaide Gay Community Periodic Survey is a cross-sectional survey of gay and homosexually active men recruited at a range of gay community sites in Adelaide. The major aim of the survey is to provide data on sexual, drug use and testing practices related to the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmissible infections (STIs) among gay men.
The most recent survey, the eleventh in South Australia, was conducted in November and December 2016 to coincide with the Adelaide Feast Festival. In total, 923 men participated in the 2016 survey.
Key points:
- The proportion of men who reported ever having beentested for HIV has remained stable (and was reported by 82% in 2016).
- Among non-HIV-positive men, the proportion who reportedtesting for HIV in the 12 months prior to the survey remained stable (and was reported by 69% in 2016).
- The use of HIVtreatment by HIV-positive men has increased significantly over time (and was reported by all HIV-positive men in the 2016 survey).
- Mobile phone apps remain the most common way that men meet male sex partners (and was reported by 38% in 2016).
- The proportion of men with regular male partners reportingcondomless anal intercourse with those partners has remained stable over time (and was reported by 59% in 2016).
- The proportion of men with casual male partners reportingcondomless anal intercourse with those partners has increased over time (and was reported by 42% in 2016).injec
- Use ofPrEP increased between 2014 and 2016 from 1% to 3% of non-HIV-positive men
Download report: Adelaide Gay Community Periodic Survey 2016 (PDF)