HIV-negative and HIV-positive gay men's attitudes to medicines, HIV treatments and antiretroviral-based prevention

Martin Holt; Dean Murphy; Denton Callander; Jeanne Ellard; Marsha Rosengarten; Susan Kippax; John de Wit

doi:10.1007/s10461-012-0313-z

HIV-negative and HIV-positive gay men's attitudes to medicines, HIV treatments and antiretroviral-based prevention

Martin Holt, Dean Murphy, Denton Callander, Jeanne Ellard, Marsha Rosengarten, Susan Kippax, John de Wit

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Abstract

We assessed attitudes to medicines, HIV treatments and antiretroviral-based prevention in a national, online survey of 1,041 Australian gay men (88.3% HIV-negative and 11.7% HIV-positive). Multivariate analysis of variance was used to identify the effect of HIV status on attitudes. HIV-negative men disagreed with the idea that HIV drugs should be restricted to HIV-positive people. HIV-positive men agreed and HIV-negative men disagreed that taking HIV treatments was straightforward and HIV-negative men were more sceptical about whether HIV treatment or an undetectable viral load prevented HIV transmission. HIV-negative and HIV-positive men had similar attitudes to pre-exposure prophylaxis but divergent views about 'treatment as prevention'.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2156-61
Number of pages	6
Journal	AIDS and Behavior
Volume	17
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-012-0313-z
Publication status	Published - Jul 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Anti-HIV Agents
Attitude to Health
Australia
Data Collection
HIV Infections
HIV Seronegativity
HIV Seropositivity
Homosexuality, Male
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Young Adult
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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