Criminalization Evidence
posted by Scott Burris
Catherine Dodds, who has been doing research on the psychosocial impact of HIV prosecutions in the UK on people with and at risk of infection, sent these comments:
We are finding that some men with a positive diagnosis are less likely to disclose their HIV status (socially or sexually) for fear that they will be made vulnerable to a real or false accusation of transmission (this is from ongoing research with homosexually active men who have unprotected intercourse).
Men who are negative or untested for HIV are likely to prop up their expectations of HIV status disclosure from sexual partners with criminalisation discourses (this is from the Gay Men’s Sex Survey data from 2006 – being written up now as a report, and also published recently — Dodds et al. Homosexually active men’s views on criminal prosecutions for HIV transmission are related to HIV prevention need. AIDS Care: Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, Volume 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 509- 514 .
These two outcomes are at odds with each other and with public health goals.
July 24, 2008 at 9:08 am
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