Assessing basic HIV transmission risks and the contextual factors associated with HIV risk behavior in men who have sex with men

HIV/AIDS remains a substantial health threat to men who have sex with men. Although new HIV medications have provided great benefits for many HIV‐positive individuals, they have done little to protect HIV‐negative men. Consequently, changing one's sexual practices remains the most effective way...

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Published in:Journal of clinical psychology 2001-05, Vol.57 (5), p.655-669
Main Authors: Suarez, Troy, Kauth, Michael R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Attitude to Health
Biological and medical sciences
Counseling
Gays & lesbians
Health risk assessment
HIV
HIV Infections - psychology
HIV Infections - transmission
Homosexuality, Male - psychology
Human immunodeficiency virus
Human viral diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Men
Mental health
Prevention. Health policy. Planification
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Risk Assessment
Risk-Taking
Safe Sex - psychology
Sexual behavior
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Viral diseases
Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids
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Summary:HIV/AIDS remains a substantial health threat to men who have sex with men. Although new HIV medications have provided great benefits for many HIV‐positive individuals, they have done little to protect HIV‐negative men. Consequently, changing one's sexual practices remains the most effective way to reduce risk for HIV. However, to develop an effective intervention for reducing HIV risk, it is important to fully understand risk behavior. In this article, we detail the essential elements for conducting an HIV risk assessment as well as those contextual factors that may support risk behaviors. Further, we discuss the importance of procuring an HIV test and the critical issues that may arise because of testing for HIV as well as the critical issues that may result from testing HIV‐positive. Finally, we illustrate how we integrate an HIV health risk assessment into a clinical interview. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Clin Psychol/In Session 57: 655–669, 2001.
ISSN:0021-9762
1097-4679
DOI:10.1002/jclp.1035