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    Many Gay Men Would Support 'Home HIV Test': Study

    FRIDAY, Feb. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Many gay men who regularly have risky sex would be willing to ask partners to use a new, rapid-result HIV test, a new study shows.

    HIV is the virus that causes AIDS.

    The tests, which use a mouth swab and detect HIV antibodies in less than 20 minutes, are currently used in testing clinics across the United States. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of the tests for public use is pending, according to the researchers at the HIV Center at Columbia Psychiatry and the New York State Psychiatric Institute.

    The researchers interviewed 57 gay and bisexual men, aged 18 and older, who said they had multiple male partners and rarely or never used condoms. Most of the men said they liked the idea of using the test kits to screen sexual partners.

    The researchers also found that most of the men said they would likely ask partners to take an HIV test and might consider safe sex measures if the partner's response raised doubts about his HIV status.

    The study was slated for online publication in February in the Journal of Sex Research.

    The tests do not detect the initial, acute stage of HIV infection that lasts for a few weeks, but "for men who are already having a high level of unprotected intercourse with multiple partners, access to a rapid HIV test that can be performed at home may prove to be a valuable harm-reduction tool," principal investigator Alex Carballo-Dieguez, a clinical psychologist, said in a Columbia news release.

    The researchers noted that an HIV home test could also protect heterosexual people who have risky sex.

    More information

    The New Mexico AIDS Education and Training Center has more about safe sex.

     

    38 comments

    • Edmarc  •  Montgomery, Alabama  •  3 mths ago
      Yahoo!!!! home of the gay news, every 5th story.
      • Kimberly B 3 mths ago
        They are hoping we accept the propaganda and programming. GAY IS OK, GAY IS OK, GAY IS OK, ITS NORMAL, ITS NORMAL, BLA BLA BLA BLA...
    • Ian  •  Indianapolis, Indiana  •  3 mths ago
      I'm a gay man, and wouldn't it be easier JUST TO WEAR A #$%$ CONDOM??????If you're that stupid to be promiscious(SP?) and unprotected, it is entirely your fault if you get infected.
    • Roger V.  •  3 mths ago
      This would cost lives, that test is useless for at least three months after infection, when the likelihood of transmission is the highest. It would be a disaster changing condoms for this.
    • Gverwtfr  •  Indianapolis, Indiana  •  3 mths ago
      Born again virgin ?

      I've been celibate for about 10 years. ( It get's easier to live with after 5 years)

      Even if I bought the home test and it was negative, I'd still be freaked out with dating and having sex with a woman that also tested negative. It's not the only STD in town. I seriously doubt the test will be cheaper, mainly because of it's being private? quick and convenient.
    • Nobama in 2012  •  Reston, Virginia  •  3 mths ago
      Another stupid survey probably paid for with a tax-payer funded grant. Of course they would favor this - DUH!
    • Michelle  •  3 mths ago
      Wouldn't it be easier to just stop having tons of unprotected, promiscuous sex?
      • lucifer osiris arnold 3 mths ago
        Talk to the catholic church. They seem to know what a woman wants.
      • kxbpy 3 mths ago
        Lucifer from queer Portland?
      • Bru 3 mths ago
        kxbpy, why would you say lucifer when your post earlyer suggests you do not believe in God?
    • J  •  San Antonio, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      A lot of straight single people would like to have an easy to use accurate home test also. It isn't just gay folks.
      • Shaina 3 mths ago
        Didn't you know its impossible for straight people to get HIV? *Sarcasm*
    • May Pang Ping Pong  •  3 mths ago
      Just say no to sodomy
    • Know the Topic  •  3 mths ago
      gay men who have risky sex would agree to use it . . . . . so they can be even more risky sex without repercussions. Next will be the heterosexual version. Great use of technology, helping people be even less responsible for their actions.
    • Joseph  •  Lufkin, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      I know a man who told me he was HIV postive over 12 years ago and has had lovers on both sides of the Atlantic ocean and does not tell them he HAS HIV.
      • Bru 3 mths ago
        then you should tell the athourities, that is plain irrisponsible and really is what amounts to attempted murder, that dude is a troll
      • Bru 3 mths ago
        now who but another troll that would infect other on purpose would thumbs down my post.
    • NONYA  •  Dalton, Georgia  •  3 mths ago
      Of course they do. This way no one else knows, and they can continue packing fudge at rest stops without civil problems
    • Bru  •  Troutdale, Oregon  •  3 mths ago
      if this could save a few lives then isnt that worth it?I do not agree with the gay lifestyle but think of all the money, pain and suffering it could prevent.
    • Nobama in 2012  •  Reston, Virginia  •  3 mths ago
      Let's fund another stupid study: "If sparrows were people would they favor home HIV testing?"
    • Just Sayin'  •  3 mths ago
      This is a stupid idea. What happens when the partner turns up positive when he or she thinks they'll be negative? Who will provide counselling and support and education during this life changing moment? Also, people don't even like to take the time to put a condom on, who will wait 10-20 minutes to get results from an HIV test?
    • Bru  •  Troutdale, Oregon  •  3 mths ago
      well if they had a fast results test then they could have more fast risky behavior sex. sounds risky to me.
    • Nyuk  •  3 mths ago
      If the swab is green, the brown-eye is clean.
    • Horace  •  Cottonwood, California  •  3 mths ago
      Sodomy the actual thing God hates and the penalty is HIV
    • Joseph  •  Lufkin, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      That's because they would be able to keep it a secret and still have their affairs with other men.
    • A nony mouse  •  3 mths ago
      They need to make a buhtplug that can test electronically. This way it is found out during foreplay. No way two homos are going to wait 20 minutes to test...remember, they have very risky sex with MULTIPLE partners.

      Maybe they could make the plug explode on a positive result...decrease the infection pool...
    • Joseph  •  Lufkin, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      Home testing is to protect them from having to tell who they are sleeping with.
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