Abstract
This study aimed to examine the psychosexual concerns of persons living with HIV in order to develop new HIV prevention interventions. In all, 106 persons living with HIV / AIDS in Minnesota completed an anonymous survey that examined risk behavior at time of infection, prediagnosis, and postdiagnosis; psychosexual concerns related to infection of others and living with HIV; and prevention services desired by persons living with HIV. Most participants knew the person who infected them; half were infected by long-term partners, and 29% were infected outside Minnesota. Median time from infection to diagnosis was 3 years, and from diagnosis to receiving HIV clinical services, 1 month. Suicidal thoughts, shutting down sexually, safer sex, and unprotected sex with HIV-positive individuals were common postdiagnosis behaviors. Twelve common reasons why persons became infected were cited. Since diagnosis, 24% reported unprotected anal or vaginal intercourse with a non-HIV positive partner, 37% reported infecting ...
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