A Qualitative Study of Means to Improve Partner Notification After an HIV Diagnosis Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Australia
| العنوان: | A Qualitative Study of Means to Improve Partner Notification After an HIV Diagnosis Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Australia |
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| المؤلفون: | Jane Tomnay, Jade E. Bilardi, Christopher K Fairley, Marcus Y Chen, Alana Hulme-Chambers, Sarah Huffam |
| المصدر: | AIDS Patient Care and STDs. 31:269-274 |
| بيانات النشر: | Mary Ann Liebert Inc, 2017. |
| سنة النشر: | 2017 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Casual, media_common.quotation_subject, HIV diagnosis, HIV Infections, Men who have sex with men, Interviews as Topic, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, HIV Seropositivity, Humans, Medicine, Moral responsibility, 030212 general & internal medicine, Homosexuality, Homosexuality, Male, Qualitative Research, media_common, Internet, 030505 public health, business.industry, Australia, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, virus diseases, Middle Aged, Partner notification, Sexual Partners, Infectious Diseases, Family medicine, Contact Tracing, 0305 other medical science, business, Social psychology, Contact tracing, Qualitative research |
| الوصف: | Improved partner notification (PN) after HIV diagnosis could help control HIV among men who have sex with men (MSM). However, there is little evidence exploring what this experience is like for Australian MSM and how achievable it is in the era of the Internet and smartphones. Fifteen of 39 invited MSM recently diagnosed with HIV undertook a semistructured interview about PN. Interviews were thematically analyzed using a combined deductive/inductive approach. Three main themes arose: fear of PN and HIV disclosure, partners' unexpected reactions, and the need for more patient support. MSM found PN difficult and uncomfortable and described fear about potential repercussions of PN; however, they felt it was the right thing to do. Regular partners were more likely to be notified, and in person, because of the availability of contact information but more notably because of a sense of moral responsibility. Men commonly had few contact details for casual partners and preferred PN strategies that allowed them to remain anonymous, largely reflecting the reasons for and ways in which they met casual partners: online or through apps and predominantly for once-off, anonymous sex. Most described unexpected positive responses from partners who were contacted personally by the men. Our study also showed that participants required professional support to carry out PN, especially with casual partners, as well as support around understanding the implications of and treatments relating to being HIV positive. PN could be improved by offering more options that allow the index patient to remain anonymous, particularly when notifying casual partners. |
| تدمد: | 1557-7449 1087-2914 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::9bc7c383fc961a9cf4501803d1a91755 https://doi.org/10.1089/apc.2017.0080 |
| حقوق: | CLOSED |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....9bc7c383fc961a9cf4501803d1a91755 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 15577449 10872914 |
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