Understanding barriers to safer sex practice in Zimbabwean marriages: implications for future HIV prevention interventions

Barriers to Safer Sex Practices among Commercial Sex Workers in Osaka, Japan: Scope for Prevention of Future HIV Epidemic

Identifying candidates for safer sex advice and other prevention interventions

This document provides further detail on the evidence used and the issues considered in developing the UK National Guideline on Safer Sex Advice. The objective of the Guideline document is to provide guidance for practitioners in Level 3 Genitourinary medicine (GUM) services (Tier 5 in Scotland) on safer sex advice provided in sexually transmitted infection (STI) and HIV management consultation...

Peer Outreach Work as Economic Activity: Implications for HIV Prevention Interventions among Female Sex Workers

Female sex workers (FSWs) who work as peer outreach workers in HIV prevention programs are drawn from poor socio-economic groups and consider outreach work, among other things, as an economic activity. Yet, while successful HIV prevention outcomes by such programs are attributed in part to the work of peers who have dense relations with FSW communities, there is scant discussion of the economic...

Motives and barriers to safer sex and regular STI testing among MSM soon after HIV diagnosis

BACKGROUND Understanding why some recently with HIV diagnosed men who have sex with men (MSM) choose for safer sex and regular STI testing, whereas others do not, is important for the development of interventions that aim to improve the sexual health of those newly infected. METHODS To gain insight into motives and barriers to condom use and regular STI testing among MSM soon after HIV diagno...

Sex Role Segregation and Mixing among Men Who Have Sex with Men: Implications for Biomedical HIV Prevention Interventions

OBJECTIVE Men who have sex with men (MSM) practice role segregation - insertive or receptive only sex positions instead of a versatile role - in several international settings where candidate biomedical HIV prevention interventions (e.g., circumcision, anal microbicide) will be tested. The effects of these position-specific interventions on HIV incidence are modeled. MATERIALS AND METHODS We ...