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0330/2023 - Men who have sex with men negotiating pleasure and prevention through HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis
Homens que fazem sexo com homens negociando prazer e prevenção a partir da profilaxia pré-exposição ao HIV

Author:

• Adriano Henrique Caetano Costa - Costa, A.H.C - <adrianohcaetano@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1207-5320

Co-author(s):

• Adriano Caobianco Sant’ana Filho - Sant’ana Filho, A.C - <adriano.caosant@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9746-6075
• Isa da Silva Sorrentino - Sorrentino, I.S - <sorrentino.isa@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3777-1859
• Lorruan Alves dos Santos - Santos, L.A - <lorruanalves@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6169-9455
• Ramiro Fernandez Unsain - Unsain, R.F - <ramirofunsain@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3142-0561
• Márcia Thereza Couto - Couto, M. T. - <marthet@usp.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5233-4190


Abstract:

Prophylaxis based on antiretrovirals, such as pre-exposure prophylaxis to HIV (PrEP), can potentially protect the most vulnerable populationsthe infection, which renews optimism for the control of the HIV epidemic. Regarding this scenario, this article aims to analyze the perceptions, negotiations, and tensions of using PrEP in the context of combined prevention by men who have sex with men (MSM). We scrutinized a qualitative cross-section of a multicentre study, analyzing semi-structured interviews with 18 users of specialized HIV/AIDS healthcare facilities in the city of São Paulo/SP. The findings show that negotiating the use of PrEP among MSM involves looking for partners in which different sexual scenes and the use of alcohol or drugs unfold. Also, the users gave PrEP a sense of facilitating the negotiation about the (non)use of condoms and the meaning of care and prevention among different sexual-affective partnerships. The research widens the debate on subjective aspects involving HIV prevention among MSM, especially concerning its management in situations of negotiation involving other prevention strategies.

Keywords:

HIV. Sexual and Gender Minorities. Prevention. Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis. Qualitative Research.

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Costa, A.H.C, Sant’ana Filho, A.C, Sorrentino, I.S, Santos, L.A, Unsain, R.F, Couto, M. T.. Men who have sex with men negotiating pleasure and prevention through HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2023/Oct). [Citado em 31/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/men-who-have-sex-with-men-negotiating-pleasure-and-prevention-through-hiv-preexposure-prophylaxis/18956?id=18956&id=18956



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