TY - JOUR
T1 - Trends in belief that HIV treatment prevents transmission among gay and bisexual men in australia
T2 - Results of national online surveys 2013–2019
AU - Holt, Martin
AU - Macgibbon, James
AU - Bear, Brandon
AU - Lea, Toby
AU - Kolstee, Johann
AU - Crawford, David
AU - Murphy, Dean
AU - Power, Cherie
AU - Ellard, Jeanne
AU - de Wit, John
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Guilford Press.
PY - 2021/2
Y1 - 2021/2
N2 - We have tracked belief in the effectiveness of HIV treatment as prevention (TasP) among Australian gay and bisexual men (GBM) since 2013. National, online cross-sectional surveys of GBM were conducted every 2 years during 2013–2019. Trends and associations were analyzed using multivariate logistic regression. Data from 4,903 survey responses were included. Belief that HIV treatment prevents transmission increased from 2.6% in 2013 to 34.6% in 2019. Belief in the effectiveness of TasP was consistently higher among HIV-positive participants than other participants. In 2019, higher levels of belief in TasP were independently associated with university education, being HIV-positive, using pre-exposure prophylaxis, knowing more HIV-positive people, being recently diagnosed with a sexu-ally transmitted infection (STI) and use of post-exposure prophylaxis. Belief that HIV treatment prevents transmission has increased substantially among Australian GBM, but remains concentrated among HIV-positive GBM, those who know HIV-positive people, and GBM who use antiretroviral-based prevention.
AB - We have tracked belief in the effectiveness of HIV treatment as prevention (TasP) among Australian gay and bisexual men (GBM) since 2013. National, online cross-sectional surveys of GBM were conducted every 2 years during 2013–2019. Trends and associations were analyzed using multivariate logistic regression. Data from 4,903 survey responses were included. Belief that HIV treatment prevents transmission increased from 2.6% in 2013 to 34.6% in 2019. Belief in the effectiveness of TasP was consistently higher among HIV-positive participants than other participants. In 2019, higher levels of belief in TasP were independently associated with university education, being HIV-positive, using pre-exposure prophylaxis, knowing more HIV-positive people, being recently diagnosed with a sexu-ally transmitted infection (STI) and use of post-exposure prophylaxis. Belief that HIV treatment prevents transmission has increased substantially among Australian GBM, but remains concentrated among HIV-positive GBM, those who know HIV-positive people, and GBM who use antiretroviral-based prevention.
KW - Attitudes
KW - HIV prevention
KW - HIV treatment as prevention
KW - Men who have sex with men
KW - U=U
U2 - 10.1521/aeap.2021.33.1.62
DO - 10.1521/aeap.2021.33.1.62
M3 - Article
C2 - 33617321
AN - SCOPUS:85101947140
SN - 0899-9546
VL - 33
SP - 62
EP - 72
JO - Aids Education and Prevention
JF - Aids Education and Prevention
IS - 1
ER -