The latest round of the Sydney Gay Asian Men Survey was led and sponsored by the CALD Gay Men Action Group (SLHD, SESLHD, SWSLHD, NSLHD, WSLHD, ACON, Multicultural HIV and Hepatitis Service and CSRH). Also, sexual health clinics and community-based test sites were included in the latest round. In the latest round, apart from traditional offline recruitment from a number of specific venues and events with high clientele of gay Asian men, online recruitment was introduced and later on expanded beyond Sydney (to Melbourne, in collaboration with ARCSHS, La Trobe University and the Victorian AIDS Council).
A third round of such community-based survey was conducted between September 2015 and December 2016. In Sydney, similar HIV&STI-focused behavioural surveillance among Gay Asian Men was conducted in 19. The research study aims to conduct a comprehensive assessment of HIV prevention needs among men who have sex with men of Asian background who are currently living in Sydney.
