A K Smith

Dados Biográficos

ID38059
NOMEA K Smith
PRENOMESA K
SOBRENOMESmith
ASSINATURASMITH A K
AFILIAÇÕESUNSW Sydney
ORCID0000-0002-0005-9542
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS40
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES54
TOTAL COMO AUTOR40
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO1954
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2026
ÍNDICE H5

  • Fostering a culture of inclusive LGBTQIA+ research practice

    Open AccessA K Smith, Brooke Brady et al.ARTICLEHealth Sociology Review2026

    Numerous guidelines aim to support inclusive approaches to conducting research with LGBTQIA+ people. Implementing these in practice, however, requires deliberate consideration of the situated social and cultural contexts that shape research (co-)design, participant recruitment, data collection and analysis. This commentary considers the imperative to foster a culture of inclusive research and practice with LGBTQIA+ populations through a higher ed…

  • Varied Knowledge of HIV Transmission and Prevention Among Gay, Bisexual, and Heterosexual Men Who Have Sex with Men in Australia

    Open AccessMartin Holt, Daniel Storer et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2026

    We assessed knowledge about HIV transmission and prevention among men who have sex with men (MSM) to identify education needs. A national online survey was conducted across Australia in July-August 2024, including nine HIV knowledge items. We assessed how HIV knowledge varied by sexual identity (using ANOVA), and characteristics independently associated with HIV knowledge using multivariable linear regression. Of 2,688 respondents, 1,241 were gay…

  • Practitioner narratives on health data management for sexuality and gender diverse people

    Open AccessMark D M Davis, Jessica Grahame et al.ARTICLEHealth An Interdisciplinary…2026

    There is fervent support among some for the expansion of data-driven healthcare for improved economic efficiency, patient safety, personalised care and knowledge discovery. Yet, these promises have failed to properly consider the impact of health data in the healthcare for LGBTQ+ people. Uncritical use of health data systems can expose LGBTQ+ people to homo-, trans-, bi-, HIV- and sex worker-phobic prejudice. It may also erase their identities an…

  • LGBTQ+ participation in cancer clinical trials

    Open AccessHaryana Dhillon, K Drysdale et al.ARTICLEResearch Ethics2026

    This case study considers LGBTQ+ participation in cancer clinical trials as an issue of justice and data equity in research ethics. Although representation of LGBTQ+ people in clinical trials varies depending on the type of cancer, routine data collection of gender and sexual orientation in clinical trials is inconsistent, leading to underrepresentation in routine reporting. Improving LGBTQ+ participation in cancer clinical trials ensures more et…

  • Evidencing work

    Open AccessMartin Holt, K Lancaster et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2026

    HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), the use of antiretroviral drugs to prevent HIV infection, was initially implemented in Australia as a daily regimen, transforming HIV prevention. However, the process of implementation, and key shifts in the delivery of PrEP, such as the introduction of on-demand (non-daily) dosing, are not well understood. This study aimed to understand how key stakeholders put PrEP into practice, and the 'evidencing work' th…

  • A Decade of HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Cascade Monitoring

    Open AccessJames Macgibbon, Daniel Storer et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2026

    We have monitored Australia's maturing HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) program for the past decade, providing a unique view of long-term implementation among gay, bisexual and queer men and non-binary people. Using two national surveys, the GBQ + Community Periodic Surveys (GCPS, 2014-2023, N = 78,378) and the PrEPARE Project (2017-2023, N = 5,278), we constructed and iteratively refined cascades to monitor PrEP suitability, awareness, use, a…

  • Social life of HIV data

    A K Smith, A TAIT SMITH et al.ARTICLEMedical Humanities2026Referências: 7

    Data are central to public health and to the management of infectious diseases like HIV. There are ongoing tensions over what information to generate and store, how to measure variables, who gets to analyse and approve results, and to what extent data reflect reality. This review provides an overview of key concepts for understanding the social life of HIV public health data in relation to HIV: the transformation of life into different kinds of v…

  • The limits of promoting pleasure

    Open AccessA K Smith, A TAIT SMITH et al.ARTICLESexualities2026Referências: 35

    HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is said to have transformed pleasure and sexual practices in myriad ways. This article draws on interviews with PrEP users in Australia who had paused, stopped, or switched PrEP use in order to explore the varied affects and experiences of PrEP in relation to different dosing strategies. Drawing on the concept of ‘desiring-assemblages’, we considered ‘what can a body with PrEP do?’. Our analysis affirms PrEP as…

  • Suboptimal Patient-Provider Communication About Undetectable = Untransmittable and HIV Transmission Risk in Australia and the US

    Open AccessSarah K Calabrese, Martin Holt et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2025

    The Undetectable = Untransmittable (U = U) campaign aims to raise global awareness that people living with HIV whose viral load is undetectable cannot sexually transmit HIV. Healthcare providers are uniquely positioned to disseminate the U = U message. Our study explored patient-provider communication about U = U and HIV risk from the perspectives of gay, bisexual, and other men living with HIV (MLHIV) and healthcare providers engaged in HIV trea…

  • Estimating Prevention-Effective Adherence to HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Among Australian Gay, Bisexual and Queer Men and Non-binary People

    Open AccessJames Macgibbon, A K Smith et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2025

    Oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is highly effective when taken appropriately at times of HIV risk, termed "prevention-effective adherence". To understand suboptimal adherence, we refined a brief measure for surveys among gay, bisexual and queer men and non-binary (GBQ+) people. We used a mixed-methods design, comprising a national, online cross-sectional survey (June-July 2023) and cognitive interviews (August-October 2023). Logistic reg…

  • Improving Gender and Sexuality Inclusivity of a Long-Running HIV Behavioural Surveillance Survey to Identify New Sexual Practices, HIV Risks, and Maintain Community Support

    Open AccessA K Smith, A TAIT SMITH et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2025

    Inclusive language in data collection is essential for effective and sustained engagement with marginalised populations. The historic use of imprecise conceptualisations of gender and sexuality in the field of HIV and sexual health research has been challenged in the last decade, particularly cisnormative and monosexist assumptions about identity and practice. This study reports on the process of redesigning a repeated cross-sectional survey ques…

  • The sociology of prescribing

    Open AccessA K SmithARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2025

  • Informed, but uncertain

    Open AccessDaniel Storer, Martin Holt et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2025Referências: 32

    In 2022, a global outbreak of mpox (formerly 'monkeypox') emerged in non-endemic countries, including Australia, predominantly affecting gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men. Public health advice on transmission and isolation emerged rapidly from different sources, sometimes conflicting and producing uncertainty. Using the concept of 'counterpublic health', which acknowledges the incorporation of official science and experiences of a…

  • Stigma and patient work

    Open AccessA K Smith, L Brener et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2025Citada por: 1Referências: 27

    Patient work refers to the quotidian labour undertaken by individuals to manage health, often unrecognised by health systems. This article argues that anticipated and received stigma and inclusivity labour comprise additional forms of patient work specific to minority populations. We draw on a case study of gay and bisexual men's experiences accessing healthcare services related to HIV prevention and testing in New South Wales (NSW), Australia's …

  • The Potential Role of Undetectable = Untransmittable (U = U) in Reducing HIV Stigma among Sexual Minority Men in the US

    Open AccessSarah K Calabrese, David A Kalwicz et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2024

  • Mpox Illness Narratives

    Open AccessA K Smith, Daniel Storer et al.ARTICLEQualitative Health Research2024

    In May 2022, a global outbreak of mpox (formerly monkeypox virus) affected thousands of mainly gay and bisexual men. Mpox is usually a time-limited illness that can involve fever, pain, and skin lesions, but may require hospitalisation. There is scant research into the firsthand experiences of people affected by mpox, including experiences of symptoms, healthcare, and recovery. This study considers the different illness narratives of people who e…

  • Matters of time in health and illness

    Mia Harrison, A K Smith et al.ARTICLEHealth Sociology Review2024Citada por: 5Referências: 51

  • Diversity via datafication? Digital patient records and citizenship for sexuality and gender diverse people

    Open AccessMark D M Davis, Allegra Schermuly et al.ARTICLEBioSocieties2023

    In 2018, the Australian Government adopted an ‘opt-out’ strategy to increase participation in My Health Record (MHR), the national digital patient record system. Opt out was rationalised through discourse on the universal right to health. Media controversy ensued due to privacy fears, security and commercial exploitation of patient information. LGBT community organisations warned that people with complex health needs should consider their privacy…

  • Understanding how PrEP is made successful

    Open AccessA K Smith, K Lancaster et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2023

    After a decade of oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), the next generation of PrEP is being anticipated, including long-acting pills, injections, and implants. The unevenness of international PrEP implementation is increasingly recognised, with successful rollout in some settings and failure in others. There is a need to better understand conditions of PrEP implementation, and its localised (and sometimes unanticipated) effects. Implementati…

  • Variations in HIV Prevention Coverage in Subpopulations of Australian Gay and Bisexual Men, 2017–2021

    Open AccessMartin Holt, Curtis Chan et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2023

    Using repeated behavioural surveillance data collected from gay and bisexual men (GBM) across Australia, we assessed trends in HIV prevention coverage (the level of 'safe sex' achieved in the population by the use of effective prevention methods, including condoms, pre-exposure prophylaxis [PrEP] and having an undetectable viral load). We stratified these trends by age, country of birth/recency of arrival, sexual identity, and the proportion of g…

  • Gender diversity and social change

    Christy E Newman, A K Smith et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2023

  • Logics of control and self-management in narratives of people living with HIV, hepatitis C and hepatitis B

    J Bryant, A K Smith et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2023

    In Australia, the response to HIV, hepatitis C and hepatitis B has largely been through the constructed category of 'blood borne viruses' which treats these viruses as an interconnected set of conditions with respect to their mode of transmission. In this paper, we explore how people understand their viral infection, and compare the logics underpinning these different understandings. In-depth interviews were conducted with 61 participants who wer…

  • Engaging Stigmatised Communities in Australia with Digital Health Systems

    Open AccessA K Smith, Mark D M Davis et al.ARTICLESexuality Research and Social…2023Citada por: 3Referências: 3

    Engaging stigmatised communities-including in relation to gender, sexuality, sex work, drug use, HIV-requires a commitment to data justice. The design and implementation of digital health systems requires investment in ongoing and meaningful consultation with communities and representative organisations

  • Antibiotics online

    Ben Lyall, A K Smith et al.ARTICLEMedical Humanities2023Referências: 13

    The internet enables access to information and the purchasing of medical products of various quality and legality. Research and regulatory attention have focused on the trafficking of illicit substances, potential physical harms of pharmaceuticals, and possibilities like financial fraud. However, there is far less attention paid to antibiotics and other antimicrobials used to treat infections. With online pharmacies affording greater access, caut…

  • Health policy counterpublics

    Open AccessStephen Molldrem, A K SmithARTICLESocial Studies of Science2023Citada por: 1Referências: 7

    Health policies and the problems they constitute are deeply shaped by multiple publics. In this article we conceptualize health policy counterpublics : temporally bounded socio-political forms that aim to cultivate particular modes of conduct, generally to resist trajectories set by arms of the state. These counterpublics often emerge from existing social movements and involve varied forms of activism and advocacy. We examine a health policy coun…