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

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 me...

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Main Authors: Holt, M., Murphy, Dean, Callander, D., Ellard, J., Rosengarten, M., Kippax, S., De Wit, J.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10882
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author Holt, M.
Murphy, Dean
Callander, D.
Ellard, J.
Rosengarten, M.
Kippax, S.
De Wit, J.
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description 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'. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-108822017-09-13T14:53:18Z HIV-negative and HIV-positive gay men's attitudes to medicines, HIV treatments and antiretroviral-based prevention Holt, M. Murphy, Dean Callander, D. Ellard, J. Rosengarten, M. Kippax, S. De Wit, J. 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'. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10882 10.1007/s10461-012-0313-z restricted
spellingShingle Holt, M.
Murphy, Dean
Callander, D.
Ellard, J.
Rosengarten, M.
Kippax, S.
De Wit, J.
HIV-negative and HIV-positive gay men's attitudes to medicines, HIV treatments and antiretroviral-based prevention
title HIV-negative and HIV-positive gay men's attitudes to medicines, HIV treatments and antiretroviral-based prevention
title_full HIV-negative and HIV-positive gay men's attitudes to medicines, HIV treatments and antiretroviral-based prevention
title_fullStr HIV-negative and HIV-positive gay men's attitudes to medicines, HIV treatments and antiretroviral-based prevention
title_full_unstemmed HIV-negative and HIV-positive gay men's attitudes to medicines, HIV treatments and antiretroviral-based prevention
title_short HIV-negative and HIV-positive gay men's attitudes to medicines, HIV treatments and antiretroviral-based prevention
title_sort hiv-negative and hiv-positive gay men's attitudes to medicines, hiv treatments and antiretroviral-based prevention
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10882