Iryna Zablotska
Biographic Data
| ID | 5224083 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Iryna Zablotska |
| GIVEN NAMES | Iryna |
| FAMILY NAME | Zablotska |
| SIGNATURE | ZABLOTSKA I |
| AFFILIATIONS | UNSW Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1456-2197 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 40 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 40 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Initiation and delivery of comprehensive sexuality education in Japanese schools
Access to good quality comprehensive sexuality education (CSE), while a fundamental right, is not provided everywhere. In Japan, children lack knowledge and skills relevant to their sexual and reproductive health and rights as CSE is not mandatory. Moreover, because of political intervention, the existing curriculum is insufficient, and teachers and schools are limited in providing CSE. This study explored the factors associated with the initiati…
Condom Failure Among HIV-Negative Men in Serodiscordant Relationships in Australia, Brazil, and Thailand
Condoms continue to be used by many gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBM) to reduce the risk of HIV transmission. However this is impacted by condom failure events, defined here as condom breakage and slippage. In a prospective, observational cohort study of 343 HIV serodiscordant male couples recruited through high HIV caseload clinics and hospitals between 2012 and 2016 in Australia, Brazil, and Thailand, condom failure rates…
Agreements, Behaviour, and Change
Male HIV serodiscordant couples have diverse relationship agreements regarding sex outside the relationship. We examined the relationship agreements as described by 343 male HIV-negative partners in HIV serodiscordant relationships in Australia, Brazil and Thailand participating in a multi-year cohort study. At baseline, 125 (34.1%) HIV-negative partners reported no agreement, 115 (33.5%) had a monogamous agreement, and 103 (37.9%) had an open ag…
Attitudes Towards Treatment as Prevention Among PrEP-Experienced Gay and Bisexual Men in Australia
The introduction of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has the potential to impact the attitudes gay and bisexual men (GBM) who consequently choose to take PrEP have towards treatment as prevention (TasP), and the extent to which they are willing to have condomless anal intercourse (CLAI) with an HIV-positive sexual partner who has an undetectable viral load (UVL). Using a cross-sectional sample from an observational cohort study conducted from …
Characteristics of Agreements to have Condomless Anal Intercourse in the Presence of an Undetectable Viral Load Among HIV Serodiscordant Male Couples in Australia, Brazil and Thailand
Preferences for Current and Future PrEP Modalities Among PrEP-Experienced Gay and Bisexual Men in Australia
Men who have Sex with Men and Chemsex
Population-level effectiveness of rapid, targeted, high-coverage roll-out of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in men who have sex with men
Viral suppression and HIV transmission in serodiscordant male couples
Expanded HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) implementation in communities in New South Wales, Australia (Epic-NSW)
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High Adherence to HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis and No HIV Seroconversions Despite High Levels of Risk Behaviour and STIs
Predictors of Daily Adherence to HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis in Gay/Bisexual Men in the PRELUDE Demonstration Project
Prevalence and correlates of recent injecting drug use among gay and bisexual men in Australia
Barriers to access and uptake of antiretroviral therapy among HIV-positive men who have sex with men in Hanoi, Vietnam
Little is known about the experiences of Vietnamese men who have sex with men in accessing HIV testing and treatment. We aimed to explore barriers to access and uptake of antiretroviral therapy (ART) among HIV-positive men who have sex with men in Hanoi. During 2015, we conducted qualitative interviews with 35 participants recruited using snowball sampling based on previous research and social networks. Key individual impediments to ART uptake in…
Patterns of Drug Use and Drug-related Hospital Admissions in HIV-Positive and -Negative Gay and Bisexual Men
The Meaning of ‘Regular Partner’ in HIV Research Among Gay and Bisexual Men
Methamphetamine use among gay and bisexual men in Australia
Understanding Gay Community Subcultures
Social and Behavioural Correlates of HIV Testing Among Australian Gay and Bisexual Men in Regular Relationships
The Opposites Attract Study of viral load, HIV treatment and HIV transmission in serodiscordant homosexual male couples
This study will provide critical data on the reduction in HIV transmission risk associated with being on HIV treatment in homosexual male serodiscordant couples in different regions of the world. Data from men in new relationships will be particularly valuable given that the highest transmission risk is in the first year of serodiscordant relationships. Furthermore, the detailed behavioural and attitudinal data from the participant questionnaires…
The converging and diverging characteristics of HIV-positive and HIV-negative gay men in the Australian Gay Community Periodic Surveys, 2000–2009
To assess the changing health promotion needs of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive gay men in Australia, we analysed the social and behavioural characteristics of HIV-positive men in the Australian Gay Community Periodic Surveys. We looked at change over time in the characteristics of HIV-positive men (from 2000-2001 to 2008-2009) and compared HIV-positive men with their HIV-negative peers within each time period. Multivariate logistic …
At Home and Away
Injecting drug use among gay and bisexual men in Sydney
HIV-Negative Gay Men’s Perceived HIV Risk Hierarchy
Gay Men Who Are Not Getting Tested for HIV
Associations between Crystal Methamphetamine Use and Potentially Unsafe Sexual Activity among Gay Men in Australia
No increase in HIV or sexually transmissible infection testing following a social marketing campaign among men who have sex with men
BACKGROUND: A social marketing campaign ran in 2004 in the Victoria to increase rates of HIV/sexually transmissible infection (STI) testing among men having sex with men (MSM). METHODS: To evaluate the initiative data from HIV sentinel surveillance, laboratory data on testing for HIV/STIs and STI/HIV testing uptake reported in annual surveys were analysed. RESULTS: The sentinel surveillance network showed no increase in the overall extent of HIV …
Men who have Sex with Men and Chemsex
Coerced First Intercourse and Reproductive Health Among Adolescent Women in Rakai, Uganda
CONTEXT: Although there is increasing recognition of the scope and significance of sexual coercion experienced by adolescent women in developing countries, evidence on its consequences for reproductive health remains limited. METHODS: A sample of 575 sexually experienced 15-19-year-old women were interviewed in 2001-2002 as part of the ongoing Rakai surveillance project in rural Uganda. Chi-square tests and logistic regressions were used to inves…
Alcohol Use, Intimate Partner Violence, Sexual Coercion and HIV among Women Aged 15–24 in Rakai, Uganda
Associations between Crystal Methamphetamine Use and Potentially Unsafe Sexual Activity among Gay Men in Australia
Trends in Agreements Between Regular Partners Among Gay Men in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, Australia
Increases in Unprotected Anal Intercourse with Serodiscordant Casual Partners Among HIV-Negative Gay Men in Sydney
Unprotected anal intercourse, risk reduction behaviours, and subsequent HIV infection in a cohort of homosexual men
OBJECTIVE: A range of risk reduction behaviours in which homosexual men practise unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) has been described. We aimed to assess the extent of any reduction in HIV risk associated with these behaviours. DESIGN: A prospective cohort study of HIV-negative homosexual men in Sydney, Australia. METHODS: Men were followed up with 6-monthly detailed behavioural interviews and annual testing for HIV. The four risk reduction beha…
Gay men's current practice of HIV seroconcordant unprotected anal intercourse
We explored seroguessing (serosorting based on the assumption of HIV seroconcordance) and casual unprotected anal intercourse (UAIC) associated with seroguessing. The ongoing Positive Health and Health in Men cohorts, Australia, provided data for trends in seroconcordant UAIC and HIV disclosure to sex partners. In event-level analyses, we used log-binomial regression adjusted for within-individual correlation and estimated prevalence rate ratios …
Does age affect sexual behaviour among gay men in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, Australia
Concern internationally that young gay men are at increased risk of HIV infection has not been reflected in earlier findings in Australia where younger men have not been found to be at increased likelihood to engage in unprotected anal intercourse with casual partners (UAIC). There has, however, been little attention paid to the issue of age in relation to HIV risk behaviour in Australia in recent years. In 2007, among men who completed Gay Commu…
Use of Viral Load to Negotiate Condom Use Among Gay Men in Sydney, Australia
No increase in HIV or sexually transmissible infection testing following a social marketing campaign among men who have sex with men
BACKGROUND: A social marketing campaign ran in 2004 in the Victoria to increase rates of HIV/sexually transmissible infection (STI) testing among men having sex with men (MSM). METHODS: To evaluate the initiative data from HIV sentinel surveillance, laboratory data on testing for HIV/STIs and STI/HIV testing uptake reported in annual surveys were analysed. RESULTS: The sentinel surveillance network showed no increase in the overall extent of HIV …
Sex Partying Among Gay Men in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, Australia
Casual Sexual Encounters Among Gay Men
Changes in Gay Men’s Participation in Gay Community Life
Gay Men are Less Likely to Use Condoms with Casual Sex Partners They Know ‘Well’
Gay Men Who Are Not Getting Tested for HIV
Sexual Partner’s Age as a Risk Factor for HIV Seroconversion in a Cohort of HIV-Negative Homosexual Men in Sydney
The converging and diverging characteristics of HIV-positive and HIV-negative gay men in the Australian Gay Community Periodic Surveys, 2000–2009
To assess the changing health promotion needs of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive gay men in Australia, we analysed the social and behavioural characteristics of HIV-positive men in the Australian Gay Community Periodic Surveys. We looked at change over time in the characteristics of HIV-positive men (from 2000-2001 to 2008-2009) and compared HIV-positive men with their HIV-negative peers within each time period. Multivariate logistic …
At Home and Away
Injecting drug use among gay and bisexual men in Sydney
HIV-Negative Gay Men’s Perceived HIV Risk Hierarchy
The Opposites Attract Study of viral load, HIV treatment and HIV transmission in serodiscordant homosexual male couples
This study will provide critical data on the reduction in HIV transmission risk associated with being on HIV treatment in homosexual male serodiscordant couples in different regions of the world. Data from men in new relationships will be particularly valuable given that the highest transmission risk is in the first year of serodiscordant relationships. Furthermore, the detailed behavioural and attitudinal data from the participant questionnaires…
Understanding Gay Community Subcultures
Social and Behavioural Correlates of HIV Testing Among Australian Gay and Bisexual Men in Regular Relationships
Patterns of Drug Use and Drug-related Hospital Admissions in HIV-Positive and -Negative Gay and Bisexual Men
The Meaning of ‘Regular Partner’ in HIV Research Among Gay and Bisexual Men
Medicine (39 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (35 works) · Demography (32 works) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (28 works) · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV (26 works) · Men who have sex with men (26 works) · Public health (26 works) · Psychology (25 works) · Demography (24 works) · Family medicine (22 works)