TY - JOUR T1 - Rectal douching among Peruvian men who have sex with men, and acceptability of a douche-formulated rectal microbicide to prevent HIV infection JF - Sexually Transmitted Infections JO - Sex Transm Infect SP - 62 LP - 62 DO - 10.1136/sextrans-2012-050630 VL - 89 IS - 1 AU - Janni J Kinsler AU - Jerome T Galea AU - Javier R Lama AU - Patricia Segura AU - Jesús Peinado AU - Martin Casapia AU - Abner Ortiz AU - Carsten Nadjat-Haiem AU - Silvia M Montano AU - Jorge Sanchez Y1 - 2013/02/01 UR - http://sti.bmj.com/content/89/1/62.abstract N2 - Rectal douching has attracted recent interest as a possible rectal microbicide (RM) formulation since many men who have sex with men (MSM) practice the behaviour prior to receptive anal intercourse (RAI).1 Acceptability research on rectal douches used by MSM found that if douches were available as an RM, MSM would be highly likely to use them when condoms were not used.2 This study reports on the practice of rectal douching, and the acceptability of a hypothetical RM formulated as a rectal douche among Peruvian MSM, a population with an estimated HIV prevalence of 12.2% compared with 0.61% in the general population.3 This retrospective study was based on data collected from a convenience sample of 824 MSM reporting RAI from three Peruvian cities (Lima, the Pacific coast capital, and the … ER -