Gay, bisexual, and other men
who have sex with men (MSM) have adapted their sexual practices over the course
of the HIV/AIDS epidemic based on available data and knowledge about HIV. This
study sought to identify and compare patterns in condom use among gay,
bisexual, and other MSM who were tested for HIV at a community-based testing
site in Montreal, Canada.
Results showed that while study participants use condoms to a certain extent with HIV-positive partners and partners of unknown HIV status, they also make use of various other strategies such as adjusting to a partner's presumed or known HIV status and viral load, avoiding certain types of partners, taking PEP, and getting tested for HIV.
These findings suggest that MSM who use condoms less systematically are not necessarily taking fewer precautions but may instead be combining or replacing condom use with other approaches to risk reduction.
Results showed that while study participants use condoms to a certain extent with HIV-positive partners and partners of unknown HIV status, they also make use of various other strategies such as adjusting to a partner's presumed or known HIV status and viral load, avoiding certain types of partners, taking PEP, and getting tested for HIV.
These findings suggest that MSM who use condoms less systematically are not necessarily taking fewer precautions but may instead be combining or replacing condom use with other approaches to risk reduction.
Full PDF article at: http://goo.gl/HuCkMf
By:
- 1Department of Sexology, Université du Québec à Montréal, Case postale 8888, succursale Centre-ville, Montreal, QC, H3C 3P8, Canada. otis.joanne@uqam.ca.
- 2CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network, Vancouver, Canada. otis.joanne@uqam.ca.
- 3Department of Sexology, Université du Québec à Montréal, Case postale 8888, succursale Centre-ville, Montreal, QC, H3C 3P8, Canada.
- 4CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network, Vancouver, Canada.
- 5COCQ-SIDA, Montreal, QC, Canada.
- 6Direction de santé publique du CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
- 7Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
- 8RÉZO, Montreal, QC, Canada.
- 9Applied Human Sciences, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
- 10Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire, Centre hospitalier de l'université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
- AIDS Behav. 2016 Mar 9
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