title: HIV-negative and HIV-positive gay men's attitudes to medicines, HIV treatments and antiretroviral-based prevention.
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'.
authors.affiliation: National Centre in HIV Social Research, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia. m.holt@unsw.edu.au
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Holt
authors.forename: Dean
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: Denton
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Callander
authors.forename: Jeanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ellard
authors.forename: Marsha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rosengarten
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kippax
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de Wit
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001315:Australia; D003625:Data Collection; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control; D018023:HIV Seronegativity; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000523:psychology*; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents