Is HIV prevention creating new biosocialities among gay men? Treatment as prevention and pre-exposure prophylaxis in Canada

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2249478
AutoresGarance Girard (0000-0001-9756-0458, School of Public Health University of Montreal Montreal QC Canada, autor correspondente), Sonia Patten (0000-0003-0291-2719), San Patten (San Patten and Associates, Inc. Halifax Canada), Marc‐andré Leblanc (0009-0002-5392-2415, Resonance Research Coordinator Gatineau QC Canada), B D Adam (0000-0002-8836-4153, Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology University of Windsor Windsor ON Canada), Edward A Jackson (0000-0001-6513-6804, Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange), Edward Jackson (0000-0002-6976-7619, CATIE Toronto ON Canada)
Ano2019
Volume41
Fascículo3
Páginas484-501
Data de publicação2019-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSociology of Health & Illness (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0141-9889 • E-ISSN: 1467-9566
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1467-9566.12826
PMID30450606
OpenAlexW2901783500
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas29
Referências citadas38

The advancements of 'treatment as prevention' (TasP), 'undetectable viral load' (UVL) and 'pre-exposure prophylaxis' (PrEP) are redefining HIV prevention standards. Relying on the concept of biosociality, this article explores how gay men rally around, debate, and sometimes disagree about these emerging HIV prevention technologies. This article is based on data from the Resonance Project, a Canadian community-based research project. Twelve focus groups (totalling 86 gay and bisexual men) were held in three Canadian cities (Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver) in 2013-2014. Respondents view UVL and PrEP through the prism of their generational experience of HIV prevention. In this respect, biosocialities highlight an experiential dimension that is tied to the context of the HIV epidemic. The biosocialities of HIV prevention are also built around serological identities. However, our study shows the diversity of these positions. Analysis grounded in biosocialities is useful for better understanding how scientific information circulates, is made sense of, and generates debate among gay men

Context (archaeology · Diversity (politics · Experiential learning · Family medicine · Homosexuality · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Men who have sex with men · Pedagogy · Pre-exposure prophylaxis · Sociology · Gender Studies · History · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Medicine