A Qualitative Study of HIV “Test-and-Treat” Experience Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Malaysia-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

A Qualitative Study of HIV “Test-and-Treat” Experience Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Malaysia

Published:2019-06 Issue:3 Volume:31 Page:193-205
ISSN:0899-9546
Container-title:AIDS Education and Prevention
language:en
Short-container-title:AIDS Education and Prevention

Author:

Lim Sin How¹²,Alias Haridah¹,Kien Jeremy Kwan Wing²,Akbar Mohd²,Kamarulzaman Adeeba²,Wong Li Ping¹

Affiliation:

1. Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

2. Centre of Excellence for Research in AIDS (CERiA), Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Abstract

This study aimed to examine the barriers and facilitators to HIV testing and treatment among Malaysian MSM. Between June 2014 and December 2015, in-depth interviews were conducted in 20 HIV-positive MSM recruited from a teaching hospital and NGO in Kuala Lumpur. Thematic analysis was used to identify, analyze, and report themes. Most participants investigated their HIV status after long period of sickness. Others sought testing upon partner's diagnosis and some were diagnosed via blood donation. Barriers to testing include personal (perceived good health, fear of positive result, denial); social and structural factors (stigmatization by health providers and family, lack of information about free HIV testing and long wait time). Barriers to treatment comprise personal factors (perceived HIV as incurable and treatment as complicated), social factors (HIV and homosexual stigma), and cost. Promoting benefits of regular testing and early treatment is needed to improve HIV care continuum among MSM in Malaysia.

Publisher

Guilford Publications

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Health (social science)

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