ArticleAmerican journal of men's health
Pleasure and PrEP: Pleasure-Seeking Plays a Role in Prevention Choices and Could Lead to PrEP Initiation.
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Pleasure and PrEP: A Systematic Review of Studies Examining Pleasure, Sexual Satisfaction, and PrEP.Journal of sex research · 2022Pooled it
- "It's Been a Very Liberating Experience": Doxycycline Postexposure Prophylaxis for Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention and Experiences With Sexual Pleasure by Men Who Have Sex With Men.Sexually transmitted diseases · 2025Trial
- Doxycycline as Postsexual Exposure Prophylaxis: Use, Acceptability, and Associated Sexual Health Behaviors Among a Multi-Site Sample of Clinical Trial Participants.AIDS patient care and STDs · 2024Trial
- "The Main Concern is HIV, Everything Else is Fixable": Indifference Toward Sexually Transmitted Infections in the Era of Biomedical HIV Prevention.AIDS and behavior · 2021Trial
- Designing Pleasure-Centered, Culturally Relevant PrEP Messaging for Black Gay, Bisexual, Queer, Same-Gender-Loving, and Other Men Who have Sex with Men (SGL/MSM) in New York City.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Characterizing HIV-related patient portal preferences among men who have sex with men in the United States.BMC public health · 2026Article
- PROTOCOL: PrEP (Non)Adherence Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: An Overview of Reviews: A Systematic Review.Campbell systematic reviews · 2025Article
- Empowering women at risk: exploring the impact of accountability partners and whatsapp groups on PrEP utilization in Soweto, South Africa.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Intention to Use Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Among Age Groups of Brazilian Men Who Have Sex With Men: National Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2025Article
- The Implications of HIV Biomedical Prevention for Perceived HIV Risk and Psychosexual Health among Sexual Minority Men in the United States.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
- Factors Associated with Low/Moderate Perceived Risk for HIV Acquisition Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men Eligible to Use Pre-exposure Prophylaxis from Brazil, Mexico, and Peru.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
- Bon bagay (good stuff): A faith-based outlook on biomedical prevention among Haitians and Haitian Americans.PloS one · 2025Article
- Do we Still Need Eligibility Criteria to Recommend PrEP? Impact of National Prescribing Requirements on Retention in Care and Sexually Transmitted Infections Acquisition.AIDS and behavior · 2024Article
- Risk and pleasure in the era of pharmacologically safe sex.Revista de saude publica · 2024Article
- Impact of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PREP) on health-related quality of life (QOL) of patients followed up at a reference center in São Paulo, Brazil.Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2024Article
- Moderating Effect of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Use on the Association Between Sexual Risk Behavior and Perceived Risk of HIV Among Brazilian Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men: Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2023Article
- Branched sexuality and sexual health among Black cisgender sexual minority men in Baltimore, Maryland: an exploratory study.Culture, health & sexuality · 2023Article
- Discipline for pleasure: a new governmentality of HIV prevention.BioSocieties · 2023Article
- Sex-Positivity, Medical Mistrust, and PrEP Conspiracy Beliefs Among HIV-Negative Cisgender Black Sexual Minority Men in Atlanta, Georgia.Archives of sexual behavior · 2022Article
- Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men in Ottawa: A Real World View With Benefits Beyond HIV Risk Reduction.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Pleasure-seeking plays a role in prevention (means choices and use), and in the sexual quality of life of men who have sex with men (MSM). Since HIV is a major threat to MSM health, new means of prevention, like pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), must meet the needs of MSM to be fully efficient. Using a psychosocial approach, we examined how pleasure-seeking plays a role in participation of MSM in "ANRS-IPERGAY," a community-based trial on sexual health which included sexual on-demand PrEP. Thirteen semistructured collective interviews were conducted with 45 participants. First, we analyzed participants' search for new prevention means due to previous failures in condom use. We found that participants perceived condoms as a barrier-both materially and symbolically-to pleasure and desire, causing anxiety and stress considering sexual intercourse. Second, we explored representations and attitudes concerning pleasure within the context of PrEP. We found that PrEP allowed participants to freely choose their desired sexual positions and to better enjoy intimacy. Third, we studied the sexual quality of life for PrEP users in ANRS-IPERGAY and found an improvement. Thanks to the community-based design of the trial, this new prevention tool became a means to develop agency and empowerment for participants, not only in negotiating individual prevention but also in opposing the normative and stigmatizing discourse on sexuality and HIV. In conclusion, pleasure-seeking appears to be an essential element of sexual fulfillment that needs to be integrated as a positive notion in the study of HIV prevention.
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