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Criminal Law and Public Health Practice

Are the Canadian HIV Disclosure Laws an Effective HIV Prevention Strategy

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ID12801314
AuthorsPatrick O’byrne (0000-0002-0587-1409, University of Ottawa, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume9
Issue1
Pages70-79
Publication date2011-06-10
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSexuality Research and Social Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1553-6610 • E-ISSN: 1868-9884
PublisherSpringer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1007/s13178-011-0053-2
OpenAlexW2149964023
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited20

Over the last few years, the number of people living with HIV who have been convicted for not disclosing their HIV status to sexual partners in Canada has been steadily increasing. Whilst these laws are criminal in nature, and not public health-based, it is important to examine their effect on public health HIV prevention efforts. To undertake such an analysis, the impact fraction model was used to structure and examine the extant literature about HIV transmission, HIV status awareness and HIV testing practices. The findings of this analysis indicate that although these laws might prevent HIV transmission in a few isolated cases, it is unlikely that they would influence overall population-level rates of HIV transmission. Some evidence even suggests that these laws could exacerbate HIV transmission

Biology · Criminal law · Criminology · Environmental health · Extant taxon · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Political science · Population · Public health · Sexual transmission · Transmission (telecommunications · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Virology

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Unique citing works13
Citations per year0,93
Citation span2012 - 2024 (13)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 13
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