Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/15598
Title: Perceptions of Sexual Risk Compensation Following Posttrial HIV Vaccine Uptake Among Young South Africans
Contributor(s): MacPhail, Catherine  (author)orcid ; Sayles, Jennifer N (author); Cunningham, William (author); Newman, Peter A (author)
Publication Date: 2012
Open Access: Yes
DOI: 10.1177/1049732311431944Open Access Link
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/15598
Open Access Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3735355Open Access Link
Abstract: Concerns about the impact of risk compensation on advances in biomedical human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention technologies have been documented. We conducted an exploratory qualitative study using focus group discussions with young South African men and women (aged 18 to 24 years) to explore perceptions of risk compensation with regard to a hypothetical posttrial HIV vaccine. During the discussions, participants expressed their disquiet about the potential for risk compensation and the manner in which this might manifest among young people. Discussions specifically focused on reductions in condom use, an increase in multiple partners, and increased frequency of sex. The discussions also revealed contradictory feelings about HIV vaccines: appreciation for their development tempered by concerns about loss of control and undermining morality. Women were particularly concerned with the possibility of increased partner concurrency and infidelity. We suggest that concerns in HIV vaccine target populations about the impact of possible risk compensation be incorporated into strategies for vaccine introduction once vaccines move from the hypothetical to reality.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Qualitative Health Research, 22(5), p. 668-678
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Place of Publication: United States of America
ISSN: 1552-7557
1049-7323
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 111716 Preventive Medicine
111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 420317 Patient safety
420399 Health services and systems not elsewhere classified
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 920401 Behaviour and Health
920412 Preventive Medicine
920413 Social Structure and Health
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 200207 Social structure and health
200401 Behaviour and health
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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