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ArticleQualitative health research2015

Diagnostic technologies in practice: gay men's narratives of acute or recent HIV infection diagnosis.

Daniel Grace, Malcolm Steinberg, Michael Kwag, Sarah A Chown, Glenn Doupe, Terry Trussler, Michael Rekart, Mark Gilbert

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Article in Qualitative health research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Authors and funding

8 authors.

Daniel GraceLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom Daniel.Grace@lshtm.ac.uk.
Malcolm SteinbergSimon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Michael KwagBritish Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Sarah A ChownBritish Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Glenn DoupeBritish Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Terry TrusslerCommunity Based Research Centre for Gay Men's Health, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Michael RekartBritish Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Mark GilbertBritish Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research HET-85520
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diagnosing HIV-positive gay men through enhanced testing technologies that detect acute HIV infection (AHI) or recent HIV infection provides opportunities for individual and population health benefits. We recruited 25 men in British Columbia who received an acute (n = 13) or recent (n = 12) HIV diagnosis to engage in a longitudinal multiple-methods study over one year or longer. Our thematic analysis of baseline qualitative interviews revealed insights within men's accounts of technologically mediated processes of HIV discovery and diagnosis. Our analysis illuminated the dialectic of new HIV technologies in practice by considering the relationship between advances in diagnostics (e.g., nucleic acid amplification tests) and the users of these medical technologies in clinical settings (e.g., clients and practitioners). Technological innovations and testing protocols have shifted experiences of learning of one's HIV-positive status; these innovations have created new diagnostic categories that require successful interpretation and translation to be rendered meaningful, to alleviate uncertainty, and to support public health objectives.

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NarrationAdultBritish ColumbiaClinical ProtocolsDiagnostic Techniques and ProceduresHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHIV InfectionsHomosexuality, MaleHumansInterviews as TopicLongitudinal StudiesMaleQualitative ResearchRisk-Takingexperienceshealth care, users’HIV/AIDSillness and disease, experiencesknowledge constructiontechnology, medical

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PMID25201583
PMCPMC4272701

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