Category: MSM
Search HIV Conference Papers
posted: 18/04/2011
The Global Forum on Men who have Sex with Men and HIV (MSMGF) have produced a useful searchable online catalogue of all the papers presented at the last International AIDS Conference, held in Vienna - AIDS 2010 - concerning men who have sex with men (MSM) including transgender people.
Searchable catalogue of conference abstracts - you can search by global region, sub-populations (groups affected), and themes.
Here’s the list of search categories to make it easier to find what is available.
Sub-population (affected groups)
• Bisexual / MSMW
• Ethnic Minorities
• Incarcerated Individuals
• LGBT
• Migrant, Immigrant
• MSM
• Older Sexual Minorities
• People Living with HIV
• People Who Use Drugs
• Rural Populations
• Sex Workers
• Transgender
• Youth
HIV issues
• Access to Services
• Care & Treatment
• Condom Use
• Education
• Epidemiology
• Government AIDS Programs
• HIV & AIDS
• Prevention Interventions (ARV-Based)
• Prevention Interventions (Behavioural)
• Prevention Interventions (General)
• Resilience
• Risk Factors
• Testing
Cross-Cutting Themes / Issues
• Advocacy
• Capacity-Building Assistance
• Civil Society
• Funding
• Gender
• Health (Non-HIV)
• Human Rights
• Mental Health
• Policy and Legislation
• Recreational Drugs
• Religion
• Research
• Self-Identification
• Sexuality
• Sexually Transmitted Infections
• Stigma / Discrimination
• Structural Interventions
• Tools & Trainings
• Violence
Searchable catalogue of conference abstracts
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Gay Businesses - HIV Prevention
posted: 18/04/2011
Gay venues and businesses, like saunas, clubs, bars, profile and other gay websites, travel agencies and hotels, can either help reduce, or may increase the numbers of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STI) among gay, bi and other men who have sex with men (MSM).
There’s a new guide which sets out for businesses standards that will help not hinder HIV prevention called Everywhere. It comes from the University of Brighton.
Persuading gay businesses to help reduce the numbers of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STI) needs more than persuasion skills, it needs HIV prevention organisations to have ways of selling the advantages of HIV and STI prevention to these businesses.
Sex sells, so how can HIV prevention help these businesses sell themselves? The answers and training for HIV prevention organisations are provided in a training manual to go with the prevention standards manual for gay businesses.
One part of the training manual is called ‘Incentives for MSM business to be socially responsible’ and another is about working with hostile businesses. The training manual for helping HIV prevention organisations work with gay serving businesses to reduce HIV and other STI transmissions, is the Training Workbook on Social Mediation with Gay and MSM Businesses regarding HIV/STI prevention.
Both the standards for businesses and the the training manual are the work of the Europe-wide Everywhere Consortium for HIV prevention and their website has sections for gay men’s HIV and sexual health organisations, for businesses serving gay and bi men, and for gay men a section of the website lists venues and businesses which meet these HIV and sexual health prevention standards. So far few businesses are listed as meeting these standards - in the UK there are some in London and Brighton; in France some in Paris, in Spain some in Madrid, for example.
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HIV Prevention Conference Talks
posted: 11/04/2011
The presentations, from all the speakers at the national CHAPS gay and other men who have sex with men’s (MSM) HIV prevention conference, are now available online. This CHAPS conference was held in Manchester, in March.
The full programme here tells you who the speakers were and more about each talk
Here’s what’s available - the presentations are PowerPoint files.
If you need a programme to view PowerPoint presentations download the PowerPoint Viewer programme here
Session 1
- Work with prisons
- Advice services for PLHIV
- Advice services for PLHIV 2
- HIV prevention with the over 50s
- Asian MSM
- Sexual health services in the community
- Online initiatives
- Online initiatives 2 - social media
Session 2
- The role of fear in HIV prevention
- Re-engaging the community
- South London HIV Prevention (SLHP) model of HIV prevention 1
- SLHP model of HIV prevention 2
- SLHP model of HIV prevention 3
- SLHP model of HIV prevention 4
- SLHP model of HIV prevention 5
- SLHP model of HIV prevention 6
- European MSM Internet Sex Survey (EMIS)
- Treatment as prevention 1
- Treatment as prevention 2
Session 3
- Targeted working
- Transmen 1
- Transmen 2
- Sex workers 1
- Sex workers 2
- Blood donations
- Partner numbers and patterns
Session 4
- Undiagnosed infection - partner notification
- Undiagnosed infection - MSM
- National LGB Drugs and Alcohol Database
- The role of fear in HIV prevention
- Sexual orientation monitoring
- European MSM Internet Sex Survey - Differences in STI testing
- The changing sexual behaviours of MSM
Session 5
- Measuring outcomes 1
- Measuring outcomes 2
- Measuring outcomes 3
- Treatment as prevention 1
- Treatment as prevention 2
- Just gay men?
- Condom and lube distribution 1
- Condom and lube distribution 2
- Pornography and gay men's attitudes towards sex, risk and pleasure
- Telling partners about HIV status 1
- Telling partners about HIV status 2
Session 6
- Re-engaging the community
- HIV and ageing
- Young people and homophobia
- Crystal Meth
- Testing times 1
- Testing times 2
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Euro Gay HIV Prevention Conference
posted: 11/04/2011
The Swedish Institute for Communicable Disease Control is holding a European HIV Prevention for men who have sex with men conference. Men, Men Sex and HIV will be on Thursday 10th and Friday 11th November 2011, in Stockholm, Sweden.
The conference is for
- Government organisations (involved in healthcare, disease control and prevention)
- Other organisations targeting MSM
- Researchers
They want the conference to deal with the rise in HIV and the other sexually transmitted infections (STI) among MSM.
Fresh evidence-based methods of prevention are needed along with more activity to cut HIV and STI transmissions and to develop ‘Second Generation Surveillance’. [Second Generation Surveillance means regular, systematic collection, analysis and interpretation of information for tracking and describing changes in the HIV epidemic over time. It includes gathering information on risk behaviours, and using these to warn about and explain changes in levels of HIV infection].
The conference will also help bridge the gap between Western and Eastern European HIV and STI prevention work, by sharing lessons, best practice and research.
They also want the conference to involve commercial and other businesses which can contribute to gay men’s prevention such as bars and clubs and profile websites.
Subjects and themes
- Understanding the epidemic
- Vulnerability and social determinants
- Response, Prevention, Intervention and Performance/Outcomes
- Positive Sex and Prevention
- European regional differences
- Co-operation between sectors (academic/governmental/civil society/private and commercial)
- Sustainability
- Empowerment - healthy choices
- Innovative approaches
Conference website
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Fresh Gay Men’s HIV Prevention
posted: 16/03/2011
HIV prevention work for gay and bi men in England has been freshened up in the latest edition of Making it Count. Making it Count is the HIV prevention framework used in England by gay men’s and other HIV prevention organisations.
Making it Count first appeared in 1998 and the new edition describes how to do HIV prevention and education with gay and bisexual men. It’s been totally rewritten and is available here. It's produced by the CHAPS gay men's HIV prevention and sexual health partnership.
George House Trust is not part of CHAPS but we play a lively and active role. At the CHAPS conference last week we made two conference presentations based on our experience of the sexual health and HIV support needs of HIV+ gay and bi men.
George House Trust also made detailed comments and suggestions for improving the latest Making It Count.
Risky Choices
The new edition of Making It Count considers the various choices facing men who have sex with men that make a difference to HIV transmission, and puts more emphasis on what motivates and drives men in making these critical decisions on sexual risks.
Making It Count brings education and empowerment together in HIV prevention, in a way that values and respects gay and bi men, including men with HIV. It includes using social norms to influence men’s sexual behaviour.
Best Sex with Least Harm
Making It Count aims to promote the best sex with the least harm among gay men and bisexual men.
Making It Count Briefing Sheets
Making It Count Briefing Sheets are also available. These are handy summaries of the evidence on important HIV prevention and sexual health issues.
Making It Count Briefing Sheets already available are
- Using fear in HIV prevention
- Herpes
- LGV
- Gonorrhoea, chlamydia and non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU)
- Hepatitis C
- Social marketing.
Future Briefings will soon be added for
- Poppers
- Microbicides
- PEP
- Undiagnosed HIV infection.
Making It Count Briefing Sheets
Making It Count from Sigma Research
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