ArticleAIDS and behavior2020
"Talking About it Publicly Made Me Feel Both Curious and Embarrassed": Acceptability, Feasibility, and Appropriateness of a Stigma-Mitigation Training to Increase Health Worker Comfort Discussing Anal Sexuality in HIV Services.
Article in AIDS and behavior, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07464236 (Partnering to Enhance Anal Health Communication and HIV-related Evidence-based Services), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers.
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Partnering to Enhance Anal Health Communication and HIV-related Evidence-based Services
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13 citing papers in PubMed.
- The Inventory of Anal Sex Knowledge (iASK): A New Measure of Sexual Health Knowledge Among Adolescent Sexual Minority Males.The journal of sexual medicine · 2022Trial
- Evaluating PEACHES: Pleasure-Inclusive Implementation Strategies to Enable Healthcare Workers to Address Anal Sex Stigma During HIV Service Encounters.Archives of sexual behavior · 2026Article
- Mechanisms of Action and Preliminary Impact of a Stigma-Mitigation Training to Enable Healthcare Discussions About Anal Pleasure and Health in China: A Sequential Explanatory Mixed Methods Pilot Study.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Intrinsic Motivation and Institutional Limitations: Key Implementation Determinants of Psychological First Aid Training.Community mental health journal · 2024Article
- Pleasurable and problematic receptive anal intercourse and diseases of the colon, rectum and anus.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2024Review
- Branched sexuality and sexual health among Black cisgender sexual minority men in Baltimore, Maryland: an exploratory study.Culture, health & sexuality · 2023Article
- Nurses' reflections on caring for sexual and gender minorities pre-post stigma reduction training in Uganda.BMC nursing · 2023Article
- Shared Decision-Making Concerning Anal Cancer Screening in Persons With Human Immunodeficiency Virus.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2023Article
- Acceptability, Appropriateness, and Preliminary Effects of the PrEP Diffusion Training for Lay HIV Workers: Increased PrEP Knowledge, Decreased Stigma, and Diffusion of Innovation.AIDS and behavior · 2021Article
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- The Anal Sex Stigma Scales: A New Measure of Sexual Stigma Among Cisgender Men Who have Sex with Men.AIDS and behavior · 2020Article
- Does Stigma Toward Anal Sexuality Impede HIV Prevention Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in the United States? A Structural Equation Modeling Assessment.The journal of sexual medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
Health workers report challenges to broaching sexual behavior with gay and bisexual men (MSM). We conducted a stigma-mitigation training to increase provider-initiated conversation about anal sexuality among Chinese health workers. The two-day workshop, titled Smarter Sex is the New Safer Sex: Anal Pleasure and Health, coupled information about anal physiology and sexual response with gradual exposure to trainees' emotional and cognitive responses. We analyzed surveys and one-time interviews. Acceptability (satisfaction with training activities and recommended practices), feasibility (compatibility with participants' current practices), and appropriateness (perceived fit with participants' work mission and goals) were high, reaching 84-95% of the scale range, though with variable ratings for trainee comfort during participation. Qualitative data confirm health workers' motivation to discuss anal sexuality and the value of learning about anal physiology and sexual response, but revealed continued uncertainty about how to broach and navigate discussion with clients. Refinement of the training to align with health worker recommendations and to augment communication options and skills is warranted, as is involvement of MSM clientele themselves.
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