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Colleen DiIorio, PhD, Tyler Hartwell, PhD and Nellie Hansen, MPH For The NIMH Multisite Hiv Prevention Trial Group

The NIMH Multisite HIV Prevention Trial Group: Research Steering Committee (Site Principal Investigators and NIMH Staff Collaborator): David D. Celentano, ScD (Johns Hopkins University), Colleen DiIorio, PhD (Emory University), Tyler Hartwell, PhD (Research Triangle Institute), Jeffrey Kelly, PhD (Medical College of Wisconsin), Edward Maibach, PhD (formerly Principal Investigator at Emory University), Ann O'Leary, PhD (Rutgers University), Willo Pequegnat, PhD (National Institute of Mental Health), Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus, PhD (University of California, Los Angeles), Robert Schilling, PhD (Columbia University)

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Colleen DiIorio, PhD, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Rd, Room 554, Atlanta, GA 30322 (e-mail: cdiiori{at}sph.emory.edu).

Objectives. This study examined the association between unwanted sexual activity during childhood and risky behaviors among a sample of predominantly African American and Hispanic men.

Methods. Data were obtained from baseline interviews completed by 2676 men enrolled in a multisite HIV prevention trial.

Results. Approximately 25% of the men reported unwanted or uninvited sexual activity before 13 years of age, with Hispanic men more likely than African American men to report unwanted sexual activity during childhood. Men with a history of unwanted sexual activity during childhood were more likely to report unwanted sexual activity since age 13, the buying and selling of sex, problems with alcohol, and drug use. Men who reported unwanted sexual activity during childhood also reported a significantly greater frequency of unprotected sexual acts and more partners.

Conclusions. Among men at high risk for HIV infection, unwanted sexual activity during childhood is more widespread than previously described and can increase the risk of participating in harmful health practices during adulthood, including risky sexual behaviors.

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