The South African Marang men's project

List of tables; List of figures; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Acronyms and abbreviations; Executive Summary; Background; Methodology; Results; Socio-demographic characteristics; HIV prevalence; Behavioural risks; Use of health care services; Knowledge of HIV information; Sources of useful HIV information; Experiences of police discrimination due to sexual orientation; Ever been in prison and reported unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) (forced or consensual); Recommendations; Points for consideration; Introduction; Background and context; Aims and objectives of the study; Methodology; Pre-surveillance formative research; Semi-structured interviews to determine network size questions, selection of seeds and other survey logistics; Structured observations to find appropriate locations for RDS sites; HIV biological and behavioural survey; Sampling design; Survey study cities and survey sites; Sample size estimation; Recruitment and respondent selection; Survey procedures; Data management; Behavioural survey using ACASI or CAPI; HIV testing; Incentives and reimbursement; Data analysis; Ethical considerations; Voluntary participation; Informed consent; Risks to respondents; Benefits to respondents; Protection of privacy of individual; Protection of confidential information; Results; Realisation of calculated sample sizes; Cape Town recruitment; Durban recruitment; Johannesburg recruitment; Socio-demographic characteristics; HIV prevalence; Behavioural risks; Condom use at last sex with a male partner; HIV-testing history; Sexual practices in the previous six months; Number of male sex partners and regular male/female sex partners in the previous six months; Transactional sex with men in the previous six months; Alcohol use and sexual intercourse; Use of health care services; Knowledge and main sources of HIV information; Sources of useful HIV information; Experiences of police discrimination due to sexual orientation; Ever been in prison and reported UAI (forced or consensual) in prison; Discussion; Summary of main findings; Discussion of main findings; Socio-demographic characteristics; HIV prevalence; Behavioural risks; Condom use at last sex with a male partner; HIV-testing history; Sexual practices of MSM in the previous six months; Transactional sex with men in the previous six months; Alcohol use and sexual intercourse; Use of health care services; Knowledge of HIV information; Experiences of police discrimination due to sexual orientation; Ever been in prison and reported UAI (forced or consensual) in prison; Limitations of the study; Recommendations; Appendices; List of fieldwork staff; Qualitative characteristics of seeds selected for the Marang Men's Project; References; Index.