Daskalopoulou, M;
Rodger, AJ;
Phillips, AN;
Gilson, R;
Sherr, L;
Wayal, S;
Anderson, J;
... Lampe, FC; + view all
(2020)
Attitudes to disclosure of HIV-serostatus to new sexual partners and sexual behaviours among HIV-diagnosed gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in the UK.
AIDS Care
10.1080/09540121.2020.1728218.
Preview |
Text
Attitudes to disclosure of HIV serostatus to new sexual partners and sexual behaviours among HIV diagnosed gay bisexual and other men who have sex.pdf - Published Version Download (1MB) | Preview |
Abstract
We assessed attitudes to disclosure to new sexual partners and association with sexual behaviours among HIV-diagnosed gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) in the UK Antiretrovirals, Sexual Transmission Risk and Attitudes (ASTRA) study in 2011-12. Among 1373 GBMSM diagnosed with HIV for ≥3 months and reporting sex in the past three months (84% on antiretroviral therapy (ART), 75% viral load (VL) ≤50c/mL), 56.3% reported higher sexual disclosure (“agree” or “tend to agree” with “I’d expect to tell a new partner I’m HIV-positive before we have sex”). GBMSM on ART with self-reported undetectable VL had lower disclosure than those on ART without self-reported undetectable VL and those not on ART. Higher sexual disclosure was associated with higher prevalence of CLS in the past three months; this was due to its association with CLS with other HIV-positive partners. Higher sexual disclosure was more common among GBMSM who had CLS with other HIV-positive partners only (72.1%) compared to those who had higher-risk CLS with HIV-serodifferent partners (55.6%), other CLS with HIV-serodifferent partners (45.9%), or condom-protected sex only (47.6%). Findings suggest mutual HIV-disclosure and HIV-serosorting were occurring in this population. Knowledge of VL status may have impacted on disclosure to sexual partners.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Attitudes to disclosure of HIV-serostatus to new sexual partners and sexual behaviours among HIV-diagnosed gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in the UK |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09540121.2020.1728218 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2020.1728218 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. |
| Keywords: | Science & Technology, Social Sciences, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Health Policy & Services, Public, Environmental & Occupational Health, Psychology, Multidisciplinary, Respiratory System, Social Sciences, Biomedical, Health Care Sciences & Services, Psychology, Biomedical Social Sciences, HIV, disclosure, condom use, sexual behaviour, gay men, TRANSMISSION RISK, POSITIVE MEN, ANAL INTERCOURSE, YOUNG MEN, PEOPLE, INFECTION, EFFICACY, COHORT |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Clinical, Edu and Hlth Psychology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute for Global Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute for Global Health > Infection and Population Health |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10093492 |
Archive Staff Only
 |
View Item |
