Non-condom related strategies to reduce the risk of HIV transmission: Perspectives and experiences of gay men with diagnosed HIV. (November 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bourne, Adam; Dodds, Catherine; Keogh, Peter; Weatherburn, Peter
• Is Part Of: Journal of health psychology. Volume 21:Number 11(2016:Nov.)
• Page Start: 2562
• Page End: 2571
• Publication Date: 2016-11
• Subjects: HIV -- risk reduction -- serosorting -- treatment as prevention -- withdrawal; Clinical health psychology -- Periodicals; 613.019
• DOI: 10.1177/1359105315581066
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1359-1053

Abstract

Gay men with diagnosed HIV can adopt a number of strategies to reduce the risk of transmitting HIV to others, although research has typically focussed on condom use. Interviews with 42 HIV-positive gay men who reported recent engagement in anal intercourse without condoms explored their awareness of sexual risk and their perceptions of non-condom-related strategies to reduce it. In articulating men's ambivalence for strategies that can only reduce the risk of transmission, rather than eliminating, the findings have implications for the consideration and integration of new biomedical interventions to reduce the likelihood of HIV transmission.