Perceptions of superinfection risk among gay men with diagnosed HIV who have unprotected anal intercourse.

Risk and unprotected anal intercourse among gay men with diagnosed HIV

Gay men’s attitudes towards and perceptions of viral load and treatment as prevention Question What are gay men’s attitudes towards and perceptions of viral load and treatment as prevention? Key Take-Home Messages

 Findings from recent studies (1-3) have highlighted the potential for antiretroviral therapy to prevent HIV by reducing an HIV-positive person’s viral load.  Prevention experts are concerned that active promotion of “treatment as prevention” may undermine the benefits of widespread antiretroviral use by contributing to treatment optimism and increasing risk behaviours (4).  The limited numb...

'Sometimes people let love conquer them': how love, intimacy, and trust in relationships between men who have sex with men influence perceptions of sexual risk and sexual decision-making.

Men who have sex with men account for a disproportionate burden of HIV incidence in the USA. Although much research has examined the drivers of sexual risk-taking, the emotional contexts in which men make sexual decisions has received little attention. In this three-phase, 10-week longitudinal qualitative study involving 25 gay and bisexual men, we used timeline-based interviews and quantitativ...

HIV, sexual risk, and ethnicity among men in England who have sex with men.

OBJECTIVES To examine ethnic group differences in HIV testing history and sexual HIV risk behaviours that may account for such differences, among men in England who have sex with men (MSM), in order to inform HIV prevention planning priorities. METHODS A self completion survey in the summer of 2001 was carried out in collaboration with community based health promoters. Three recruitment metho...

Reconsidering “Unprotected” and HIV Risk in the Twenty-First Century

Citation: Kelly BC (2016) Reconsidering " Unprotected " and HIV Risk in the Twenty-First Century. A commentary on " Any condomless anal intercourse " is no longer an accurate measure of HIV sexual risk behavior in gay and other men who have sex with men Conceptualizations of HIV risk have changed over the 35 years since the identification of a cluster of mortality among gay men in Los Angeles (...