ArticleAIDS care2012
Risks worth taking: safety agreements among discordant gay couples.
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- Assessing Self-Efficacy and Communication Regarding Sexual Agreements among Men Who Have Sex with Men in the USA: Development and Validation of Two Novel Scales.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Communication Patterns Among Male Couples with Open and Monogamous Agreements.Archives of sexual behavior · 2021Article
- Sexual Agreements and Intimate Partner Violence Among Male Couples in the U.S.: An Analysis of Dyadic Data.Archives of sexual behavior · 2021Article
- "Am I gonna get in trouble for acknowledging my will to be safe?": Identifying the experiences of young sexual minority men and substance use in the context of an opioid overdose crisis.Harm reduction journal · 2020Article
- "Condoms are … like public transit. It's something you want everyone else to take": Perceptions and use of condoms among HIV negative gay men in Vancouver, Canada in the era of biomedical and seroadaptive prevention.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Sexual behavior and HIV risk among age-discrepant, same-sex male couples.Culture, health & sexuality · 2016Article
- Relationship Dynamics and Partner Beliefs About Viral Suppression: A Longitudinal Study of Male Couples Living with HIV/AIDS (The Duo Project).AIDS and behavior · 2016Article
- Partner Disclosure of PrEP Use and Undetectable Viral Load on Geosocial Networking Apps: Frequency of Disclosure and Decisions About Condomless Sex.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2016Article
- Homophobia and communal coping for HIV risk management among gay men in relationships.Archives of sexual behavior · 2015Article
- Motivations to test for HIV among partners in concordant HIV-negative and HIV-discordant gay male couples.Archives of sexual behavior · 2015Article
- Health, trust, or "just understood": explicit and implicit condom decision-making processes among black, white, and interracial same-sex male couples.Archives of sexual behavior · 2014Article
- Incorporating couples-based approaches into HIV prevention for gay and bisexual men: opportunities and challenges.Archives of sexual behavior · 2014Article
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- Past present: Relationship dynamics may differ among discordant gay male couples depending on HIV infection history.Journal of gay & lesbian social services · 2013Article
- HIV-negative and HIV-discordant gay male couples' use of HIV risk-reduction strategies: differences by partner type and couples' HIV-status.AIDS and behavior · 2013Article
- Relationship characteristics associated with sexual risk behavior among MSM in committed relationships.AIDS patient care and STDs · 2012Article
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Abstract
As HIV research and prevention efforts increasingly target gay men in relationships, situational factors such as couple serostatus and agreements about sex become central to examinations of risk. Discordant gay couples are of particular interest because the risk of HIV infection is seemingly near-at-hand. Yet, little is known about their sexual behaviors, agreements about sex, and safer sex efforts. The present study utilized longitudinal semi-structured, qualitative interviews to explore these issues among 12 discordant couples. Findings show that nearly every couple had agreements about reducing the likelihood of HIV transmission from one partner to the other. Negotiating these agreements involved establishing a level of acceptable risk, determining condom use, and employing other risk-reduction techniques, such as seropositioning and withdrawal. For half of the couples, these agreements did not involve using condoms; only two couples reported consistent condom use. Despite forgoing condoms, however, none reported seroconversion over the course of data collection. Additional issues are raised where long-term HIV prevention is concerned. Future prevention efforts with discordant couples should work with, rather than fight against, the couple's decision to use condoms and endeavor to complement and accentuate their other safer sex efforts.
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