HIV diagnosis as both biographical disruption and biographical reinforcement: Experiences of HIV diagnoses among recently diagnosed people living with HIV

N Wells, D Murphy, J Ellard, SP Philpot… - Qualitative health …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Despite the potential for HIV treatments to transform the health needs of people living with
HIV, receiving a positive HIV diagnosis can be a difficult experience and feelings of shock …

Experiences of recently HIV‐diagnosed gay and bisexual migrants in Australia: Implications for sexual health programmes and health promotion

SP Philpot, E Aung, DJ Templeton… - Health & Social Care …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Gay and bisexual migrants from low‐and middle‐income countries living in high‐income
countries are disproportionately diagnosed with HIV. Most research focuses on preventing …

'It's like I have this weird superpower': experiences of detectable and undetectable viral load among a cohort of recently diagnosed people living with HIV

N Wells, S Philpot, D Murphy, J Ellard, C Howard… - Sexual …, 2023 - CSIRO Publishing
Background By reducing HIV viral load to undetectable levels, HIV treatment slows disease
progression and eliminates the possibility of sexual transmission. The promotion of …

Navigating the Viral Divide: Sexual and Gender Minority Community Perspectives on Treatment as Prevention

A Borsa, K Siegel - AIDS Education and Prevention, 2023 - Guilford Press
Since it was established that HIV-positive individuals who maintain an undetectable viral
load are unable to sexually transmit HIV (U= U), treatment as prevention (TasP) has become …

“Live a normal life”: Constructions of resilience among people in mixed HIV status relationships in Canada

M Yang, A Daftary, JB Mendelsohn, M Ryan, S Bullock… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Positive Plus One is a mixed-methods study of long-term mixed HIV-serostatus relationships
in Canada (2016–19). Qualitative interviews with 51 participants (10 women, 41 men …

“We Live Just Like a Normal Family”: Exploring Local Renderings of the Global HIV Normalisation Discourse Among Serodiscordant Couples in Papua New Guinea

A Persson, A Kelly-Hanku, A Mek, E Mitchell… - Sexuality & Culture, 2023 - Springer
The contemporary global discourse of “HIV normalisation” is intimately linked to the scientific
consensus that, with effective antiretroviral therapy, an “undetectable” viral load renders HIV …

Dual pharmaceutical citizenship: exploring biomedicalization in the daily lives of mixed HIV-serostatus couples in Canada

M Ryan, JB Mendelsohn, A Daftary, M Yang… - Social Science & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Positive Plus One is the first large-scale mixed methods study of mixed HIV
serostatus couples in Canada. We aimed to understand how biomedicalization ie, a social …

Using social media as a platform to publicly disclose HIV status among people living with HIV: Control, identity, informing public dialogue

SP Philpot, D Murphy, G Prestage… - Sociology of Health …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Disclosure of HIV status is usually considered a private encounter involving only a limited
number of people at a time. Many people living with HIV are strategic about deciding in what …

Conceptions of sexual health by gay men living with HIV in serodifferent couples in Montreal, Canada: results from a qualitative analysis

F Avallone, K Engler, J Cox, F Hickson, D Lessard… - Sexual …, 2024 - CSIRO Publishing
Background: Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBM) living with HIV in
serodifferent couples (one partner living with HIV, the other HIV-negative) may encounter …

Stigma, support, and messaging for people recently diagnosed with HIV: a qualitative study

LM Healey, SR Markham, DJ Templeton, L Rabie… - Sexual …, 2024 - CSIRO Publishing
Background: Advances in antiretroviral treatment and the message of undetectable equals
untransmittable (U= U) have improved health and social outcomes for people living with HIV …