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Treatment Is More Than Prevention: Perceived Personal and Social Benefits of Undetectable = Untransmittable Messaging Among Sexual Minority Men Living with HIV by H. Jonathon Rendina; Ali J. Talan; Jorge Cienfuegos-Szalay; Joseph A. Carter; Ore Shalhav is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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Research suggests that the science of undetectable viral load (VL) status and HIV transmission-conveyed with the slogan ''Undetectable = Untransmittable'' or ''U = U''-has gaps in acceptance despite robust scientific evidence. Nonetheless, growing acceptance of U = U creates conditions for a shift in the sociopolitical and personal implications of viral suppression. We conducted an online survey over a 23-month period in 2018 and 2019 among 30,361 adolescent and adult (aged 13-99) sexual minority men living with HIV (SMM-LHIV) across the United States. We examined the impact of U = U on self-image, potential for changing societal HIV stigma, whether SMM-LHIV had ever spoken with a provider about viral suppression and HIV transmission, and primary sources of hearing about U = U. Approximately 80% of SMM-LHIV reported that U = U was beneficial for their self-image and societal HIV stigma, 58.6% reported it made them feel ''much better'' about their own HIV status, and 40.6% reporting it had the potential to make HIV stigma ''much better.'' The most consistent factors associated with these beliefs centered around care engagement, particularly self-reported viral suppression and excell

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Author

H. Jonathon Rendina; Ali J. Talan; Jorge Cienfuegos-Szalay; Joseph A. Carter; Ore Shalhav

Publisher

Mary Ann Liebert; Mary Ann Liebert Inc.; Mary Ann Liebert Inc (ISSN 1087-2914)

Published

2020

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)