2019/04/01 by Yasel Manuel Santiesteban Díaz, Solón Alberto Orlando, Rafael Ballester‐Arnal · 1 citation
Medicine · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Anal sex #Biological sex #Clinical psychology #Family medicine #HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk #HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions #Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) #Humanities #MEDLINE #Medicine #Men who have sex with men #Philosophy #Political science #Psychology #SciELO #Sex work and related issues #Sexual behavior #Sexual orientation #Social psychology #Unsafe Sex
paper · pdf · doi:10.1590/1413-81232018244.02322017
openalex publication_date 2019/04/01 · openalex created_date 2019/05/09 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/15
HIV infection, acquired with the conscious participation of the recipient, is a complex problem of international concern, especially among men who have sex with men. Behaviors emerge such as bareback (intentionally unprotected anal sex between men) and bugchasing (bareback sex when one participant is HIV+ and the other is not). A group of emerging risk behaviors for HIV infection was characterized. A review of the literature in the MEDLINE, Web of Science and regional SciELO databases was performed. HIV-related search terms such as unprotected sex, barebacking/bareback and bug chasing, were used. Bareback and bug chaser behaviors occur, among other factors, through social homonegativity, ART positive coverage, insufficient prevention campaigns, search for new sensations and attempts to strengthen the relationship with the HIV+ member. Unprotected sex is primarily associated with having HIV/AIDS diagnoses, physical violence due to sexual orientation, viewing homosexual sex sites, and having bought or sold sex. It is necessary to work with individual behaviors that draw individuals close to infection.