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Clinical Trial
. 2018 Jun;22(6):1826-1834.
doi: 10.1007/s10461-017-1710-0.

HIV-Infected Young Men Demonstrate Appropriate Risk Perceptions and Beliefs about Safer Sexual Behaviors after Human Papillomavirus Vaccination

Jessica A Kahn  1   2 , Jeannette Lee  3 , Marvin Belzer  4 , Joel M Palefsky  5 ; AIDS Malignancy Consortium and Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions
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Clinical Trial

HIV-Infected Young Men Demonstrate Appropriate Risk Perceptions and Beliefs about Safer Sexual Behaviors after Human Papillomavirus Vaccination

Jessica A Kahn et al. AIDS Behav. 2018 Jun.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to identify risk perceptions after human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among HIV-infected young men who have sex with men. On average, participants appropriately perceived themselves to be at lower than neutral risk for HPV (mean subscale score 4.2/10), at higher than neutral risk for other sexually transmitted infections (7.0/10), and that safer sexual behaviors were still important (8.5/10). Higher perceived risk of HPV was associated with African-American race (p = .03); higher perceived risk of other sexually transmitted infections with White race (p = .01) and higher knowledge about HPV (p = .001); and higher perceived need for safer sexual behaviors with consistent condom use (p = .02). The study provides reassuring data that HIV-infected young men who have sex with men generally have appropriate risk perceptions and believe that safer sexual behaviors after vaccination are still important. These findings mirror the results of studies in HIV-infected young women and HIV-uninfected adolescents.

Keywords: Adolescent; HIV; Human papillomavirus; Risk perceptions; Vaccine.

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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest. Dr. Kahn has received research funding from Merck & Co. for clinical trials of the quadrivalent HPV vaccine in HIV-infected men and women; the trials were NIH-funded and Merck & Co. provided vaccine and immunogenicity testing. Dr. Belzer received research funding from ViiV Healthcare. Dr. Palefsky has received travel support and research support from Merck & Co. and serves on the scientific advisory boards for Agenovir Corporation, Antiva Biosciences, and The Vax. Dr. Lee reports has no conflict of interest.

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