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Sexual healthcare preferences among gay and bisexual men: a qualitative study in San Francisco, California.
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- Integrating HPV Vaccination Within PrEP care Delivery for Underserved Populations: A Mixed Methods Feasibility Study.Journal of community health · 2023Article
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- General Practitioners' views and experiences on the barriers and facilitators that men who have sex with men have when accessing primary care for HIV testing and sexual health screening.Primary health care research & development · 2018Article
- Places and people: the perceptions of men who have sex with men concerning STI testing: a qualitative study.Sexually transmitted infections · 2018Article
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) health services in the United States: Origins, evolution, and contemporary landscape.PloS one · 2017Article
- Editorial Commentary: Keeping Our Eyes on the Prize: No New HIV Infections With Increased Use of HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2015Article
- A Qualitative Study of Medical Mistrust, Perceived Discrimination, and Risk Behavior Disclosure to Clinicians by U.S. Male Sex Workers and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men: Implications for Biomedical HIV Prevention.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2015Article
- Overview of a gay men's STI/HIV testing clinic in Ottawa: clinical operations and outcomes.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2014Article
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- A Qualitative Exploration of Facilitators for Health Service Use among Aging Gay Men Living with HIV.Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS CareArticle
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Abstract
backgroundResearch on gay and other men who have sex with men's (G/MSM) preferences for sexual healthcare services focuses largely on HIV testing and to some extent on sexually transmitted infections (STI). This research illustrates the frequency and location of where G/MSM interface with the healthcare system, but it does not speak to why men seek care in those locations. As HIV and STI prevention strategies evolve, evidence about G/MSM's motivations and decision-making can inform future plans to optimize models of HIV/STI prevention and primary care.
methodsWe conducted a phenomenological study of gay men's sexual health seeking experiences, which included 32 in-depth interviews with gay and bisexual men. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and entered into Atlas.ti. We conducted a Framework Analysis.
findingsWe identified a continuum of sexual healthcare seeking practices and their associated drivers. Men differed in their preferences for separating sexual healthcare from other forms of healthcare ("fragmentation") versus combining all care into one location ("consolidation"). Fragmentation drivers included: fear of being monitored by insurance companies, a desire to seek non-judgmental providers with expertise in sexual health, a desire for rapid HIV testing, perceiving sexual health services as more convenient than primary care services, and a lack of healthcare coverage. Consolidation drivers included: a comfortable and trusting relationship with a provider, a desire for one provider to oversee overall health and those with access to public or private health insurance.
conclusionsMen in this study were likely to separate sexual healthcare from primary care. Based on this finding, we recommend placing new combination HIV/STI prevention interventions within sexual health clinics. Furthermore, given the evolution of the financing and delivery of healthcare services and in HIV prevention, policymakers and clinicians should consider including more primary care services within sexual healthcare settings.
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