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Revitalizing HIV Prevention For Gay Men
When are now entering into our third year of our project called “Revitalizing HIV Prevention for Gay Men”. This project’s objectives have been:
- To develop safer sex material that educates gay men about risk management and HIV prevention.
- T o revitalize the discussion of HIV/HepC/STIs prevention and safer sex among gay and bisexual men by engaging them in discussions around the determinants of health and how they impact on their lives.
- To increase testing for HIV/HepC/STIs by gay/bisexual men.
- To reduce the number of HIV/HepC/STIs infections among gay/bisexual men.
Our objectives for this project were influenced by a National HIV Prevention Strategy for Gay Men that was developed by a National Reference Group (NRG). The NRG conducted focus groups with gay men across the country and the consistent message was that prevention programs for gay men must acknowledge the complexities of gay men’s lives and must go beyond simple messages about condom use.
With the NRG strategy in mind it is our hope that this project will encourage gay/bisexual men to become more proactive in discussing issues of risk management around safer sex thereby resulting in fewer HIV infections in this population group. Therefore gay/bisexual men will be more informed about safer sex, risk management and how issues of substance abuse, self-esteem, etc. impact on their health and will result in their increased ability to negotiate safer sex. We hope to see an increase in testing for HIV and reduce infection rates over long term. |
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