Michel Alary

Biographic Data

ID	5222129
NAME	Michel Alary
GIVEN NAMES	Michel
FAMILY NAME	Alary
SIGNATURE	ALARY M
AFFILIATIONS	Université Laval
ORCID	0000-0002-0246-4429
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	44
TOTAL CITATIONS	7
AUTHOR COUNT	44
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	1997
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2022
H-INDEX	2

HIV self-testing implementation, distribution and use among female sex workers in Cotonou, Benin: A qualitative evaluation of acceptability and feasibility
Open AccessMarianne Boisvert Moreau, Frédéric Kintin et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022
Our study shows a very high level of acceptability for HIVST among FSWs in Cotonou and its surroundings. Results also demonstrate the feasibility of implementing HIVST distribution in Benin. HIVST should be implemented in Benin quickly and free of charge for all individuals at risk of HIV. HIVST offer should be integrated with comprehensive sexual health and prevention services
Pre-exposure prophylaxis among men who have sex with men in Côte d’Ivoire: A quantitative study of acceptability
Open AccessSouleymane Diabaté, O Kra et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2021
This cross sectional study was conducted in 2018 in Côte d'Ivoire to assess PrEP acceptability among men who have sex with men (MSM). Two hundred and one men were asked on their intention to use PrEP if made available. Logistic regression accounting for the sampling design was used to analyze associations between high PrEP acceptability and different independent variables including barriers and facilitators. Participants were mostly young (mean a…
Can hepatitis C elimination targets be sustained among people who inject drugs post-2030
Open AccessCharlotte Lanièce Delaunay, Arnaud Godin et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Drug…2021
Despite ongoing transmission risks, HCV incidence rebounds slowly after 2030 under pre-2020 testing and treatment levels. This is heightened by maintaining high-coverage harm reduction interventions. Overall, sustaining elimination would require considerably less effort than achieving it
The role of prison-based interventions for hepatitis C virus (HCV) micro-elimination among people who inject drugs in Montréal, Canada
Open AccessArnaud Godin, Nadine Kronfli et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Drug…2021
Acceptability of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Benin: A qualitative study
Carin Ahouada, Souleymane Diabaté et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2020
In Benin, consistent condom use among men who have sex with men (MSM) is relatively low and providing them with Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) could be of great relevance. We aimed to describe PrEP knowledge and intention to use it; identify key facilitators and barriers to PrEP; and describe the perceived impact of PrEP on unsafe sexual behavior. MSM, 18 years or older, HIV-negative or of unknown status, were enrolled in five cities of Benin. I…
Acceptability of pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention: Facilitators, barriers and impact on sexual risk behaviors among men who have sex with men in Benin
Open AccessCarin Ahouada, Souleymane Diabaté et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020
In Benin, not all MSM know about PrEP. But once well informed, the majority seems willing to use it if made available. The free availability of the drug and its accessibility in the MSM networks are important facilitators. The possibility of decrease in condom use should not be a barrier to the prescription of PrEP if made available
Structural determinants of health: A qualitative study on female sex workers in Benin
Marylène Dugas, Emmanuelle Bédard et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2019
The objective of this paper is to expose those socio-structural contexts revealing the social injustice and human rights violations that sub-Saharan women face every day when forced into sex work by unemployment or sickness. Results of a qualitative study highlighting some key structural determinants of sex work and HIV infection among FSWs will be presented and examined through the lens of the WHO conceptual framework for action on the social de…
Incarceration history and risk of HIV and hepatitis C virus acquisition among people who inject drugs: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Open AccessJack Stone, Hannah Fraser et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet Infectious Diseases2018
HIV and hepatitis C virus infections in Quebec’s provincial detention centres: Comparing prevalence and related risky behaviours between 2003 and 2014-2015
Open AccessYohann Courtemanche, Céline Poulin et al.ARTICLECanadian Journal of Public Health2018Cited by: 1References: 23
Drug use practices among people who inject drugs in a context of drug market changes: Challenges for optimal coverage of harm reduction programs
Open AccessÉlise Roy, Nelson Arruda et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Drug…2017
Pornography, Sexual Enhancement Products, and Sexual Risk of Female Sex Workers and their Clients in Southern India
Open AccessJanet Bradley, Subramanian Potty Rajaram et al.ARTICLEArchives of Sexual Behavior2016References: 41
Relationship between exposure to the Avahan intervention and levels of reported condom use among men who have sex with men in southern India
Open AccessKate M Mitchell, Anna M Foss et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014
Direct contact with Avahan program staff is associated with increased reported condom use among men who have sex with men in Bangalore. Reported consistent condom use and condom use at last sex act are associated with contacts involving demonstrations of correct condom use, and with receiving condoms, respectively
Patterns of condom use by men who have sex with men before and after the Avahan intervention in Andhra Pradesh state of India
Open AccessG Anil Kumar, Rakhi Dandona et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014
Condom use by MSM increased markedly after implementation of Avahan, though a causal association cannot be assessed with the available data. The relatively lower condom use with regular partners of MSM suggests that additional programme effort is needed to address this aspect specifically
Perspectives on condom breakage: A qualitative study of female sex workers in Bangalore, India
Kaveri Gurav, Janet Bradley et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2014
A qualitative study was conducted to obtain a detailed understanding of two key determinants of condom breakage - 'rough sex' and poor condom fit - identified in a recent telephone survey of female sex workers, in Bangalore, India. Transcripts from six focus-group discussions involving 35 female sex workers who reported condom breakage during the telephone survey were analysed. Rough sex in different forms, from over-exuberance to violence, was o…
Implementing for results: Program analysis of the HIV/STI interventions for sex workers in Benin
Open AccessIris Semini, Georges Batona et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2013
HIV response has entered a new era shaped by evidence that the combination of interventions impacts the trajectory of the epidemic. Even proven interventions, however, can be ineffective if not to scale, appropriately implemented, and with the right combination. Benin is among the pioneering countries that prioritized HIV prevention for sex workers and clients early on. Effective implementation up to 2006 resulted in consistent condom use among s…
Sexual behaviour after antiretroviral therapy initiation in female sex workers and HIV-positive patients from the general population, Cotonou, Benin
Souleymane Diabaté, Annie Chamberland et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2013
From September 2008 to December 2011, we enrolled and followed-up 247 HIV-negative, 88 untreated and 32 treated HIV-positive female sex workers (FSWs), as well as 238 untreated and 115 treated HIV-positive patients from the general population (GP) of Cotonou, Benin. We wanted to assess the effect of antiretroviral therapy (ART) on sexual risk-taking in FSWs and patients from the GP. We used multivariate log binomial regression models for repeated…
Vulnerability re-assessed: The changing face of sex work in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh
Tara Beattie, Tara S H Beattie et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2013
We conducted a qualitative study to examine the impact of an HIV prevention programme on female sex workers' lives in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh. The study found evidence that, in addition to the HIV prevention programme, structural and environmental factors had recently changed the way sex work was being practiced. Recent closure of the brothels and implementation of a late-night street curfew by the police meant sex work had become more hi…
The feasibility of using mobile phone technology for sexual behaviour research in a population vulnerable to HIV: A prospective survey with female sex workers in South India
Janet Bradley, Banadakoppa M Ramesh et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2012
Sexual behaviour studies are often challenged by sampling, participation and measurement biases, and may be unacceptable to participants. We invited 293 randomly selected female sex workers (FSWs) in Bangalore, India, to participate in a telephone survey, with condom breakage as the main outcome. Free cell phones were supplied and trained interviewers telephoned FSWs daily to ask about all sex acts the previous day. Later, we undertook focus grou…
Female Sex Worker Client Behaviors Lead to Condom Breakage: A Prospective Telephone-Based Survey in Bangalore, South India
Open AccessJanet Bradley, S Rajaram et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2012
Gender relations and risks of HIV transmission in South India: The discourse of female sex workers' clients
Joanne Aubé-Maurice, Michèle Clément et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2012
In South India, where the majority of the country's cases of HIV are concentrated, transmission of infection occurs mainly within networks composed of female sex workers, their clients and the other sexual partners of the latter. This study aims to determine how gender relations affect the risks of HIV transmission in this region. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with 30 clients and analysed qualitatively. Results show that clients per…
Use of routine data collected by the prevention of mother-to-child transmission program for HIV surveillance among pregnant women in Rwanda: Opportunities and limitations
Jeanne Françoise Kayibanda, Michel Alary et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2011
To compare HIV prevalence measured by antenatal clinics (ANC) sentinel surveillance and by the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) program in Rwanda. We compared HIV prevalence from anonymous testing performed under ANC surveillance, and that measured from voluntary counselling and testing performed under the PMTCT program, in a random sample of the same population of pregnant women attending for their first antenatal visit at 29 A…
A dose-response relationship between exposure to a large-scale HIV preventive intervention and consistent condom use with different sexual partners of female sex workers in southern India
Open AccessK Deering, Kathleen N Deering et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2011
Study findings suggest that exposure to a large-scale HIV intervention for FSWs was associated with increased CCU with commercial clients. Moreover, there were dose-response relationships between CCU with clients and increased duration since first contacted by staff, times contacted by staff and number of condom demonstrations. Additional program effort is required to increase condom use with non-commercial partners
The costs of HIV prevention for different target populations in Mumbai, Thane and Banglalore
Open AccessSudha Chandrashekar, Anna Vassall et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2011
Avahan, the India AIDS Initiative, delivers HIV prevention services to high-risk populations at scale. Although the broad costs of such HIV interventions are known, to-date there has been little data available on the comparative costs of reaching different target groups, including female sex workers (FSWs), replace with ‘high risk men who have sex with men (HR-MSM) and trans-genders. Costs are estimated for the first three years of Avahan scale u…
Determinants of condom breakage among female sex workers in Karnataka, India
Open AccessJanet Bradley, S Rajaram et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2011
The reported incidence of condom breakage was high in this study, and this is a major concern for HIV/STI prevention programs, for which condom use is a key prevention tool. Younger and more marginalized female sex workers were most vulnerable to condom breakage. Special effort is therefore required to seek out such women and to provide information and skills on correct condom use. More research is also needed on what specific situational paramet…
Changes in HIV knowledge, and socio-cultural and sexual attitudes in South India from 2003-2009
Open AccessJanet Bradley, S Rajaram et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2011
Despite increases over time in HIV-related knowledge and reductions in stigmatizing attitudes, resistance to changing cultural mores was apparent, with less willingness to embrace openness and discuss sexuality. Young and female respondents appeared to be the most resistant to change, reflecting a cultural inertia that mirrors studies of other pressures on traditional societal values. More effort is required to advocate among women and young peop…