caa a22 4500 606232672 CHVBK 20210128101228.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10508-014-0403-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10508-014-0403-2 Motivations to Test for HIV Among Partners in Concordant HIV-Negative and HIV-Discordant Gay Male Couples [Elektronische Daten] [Sean Beougher, Anja Bircher, Deepalika Chakravarty, Lynae Darbes, Carmen Mandic, Torsten Neilands, Carla Garcia, Colleen Hoff] Previous studies of HIV testing among gay men describe the motivations, facilitators and barriers, behaviors, and demographic characteristics of individuals who test. What little research focuses on HIV testing among gay men in relationships shows that they do not test regularly or, in some cases, at all—their motivations to test have not been investigated. With so little data on HIV testing for this population, and the continued privileging of individually focused approaches, gay men in relationships fall into a blind spot of research and prevention efforts. This study examined motivations to test for HIV using qualitative data from both partners in 20 gay male couples. Analysis revealed that the partners' motivations were either event-related (e.g., participants testing at the beginning of their relationship or HIV-negative participants in an HIV-discordant relationship testing after risky episode with their discordant primary partner) or partner-related (e.g., participants testing in response to a request or suggestion to test from their primary partner or participants testing out of concern for their primary partner's health and well-being). These data provide insight into relationship-oriented motivations to test for HIV for gay men in relationships and, in doing so, evidence their commitment to their primary partner and relationship. These motivations can be leveraged to increase HIV testing among gay men in relationships, a population that tests less often than single gay men, yet, until recently, has been underserved by prevention efforts. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2014 Gay couples nationallicence MSM nationallicence HIV testing nationallicence Sexual orientation nationallicence Beougher Sean Center for Research and Education on Gender and Sexuality, San Francisco State University, 835 Market Street, Suite 525, 94103, San Francisco, CA, USA aut Bircher Anja Center for Research and Education on Gender and Sexuality, San Francisco State University, 835 Market Street, Suite 525, 94103, San Francisco, CA, USA aut Chakravarty Deepalika Center for Research and Education on Gender and Sexuality, San Francisco State University, 835 Market Street, Suite 525, 94103, San Francisco, CA, USA aut Darbes Lynae Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA aut Mandic Carmen Center for Research and Education on Gender and Sexuality, San Francisco State University, 835 Market Street, Suite 525, 94103, San Francisco, CA, USA aut Neilands Torsten Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA aut Garcia Carla Center for Research and Education on Gender and Sexuality, San Francisco State University, 835 Market Street, Suite 525, 94103, San Francisco, CA, USA aut Hoff Colleen Center for Research and Education on Gender and Sexuality, San Francisco State University, 835 Market Street, Suite 525, 94103, San Francisco, CA, USA aut Archives of Sexual Behavior Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 44/2(2015-02-01), 499-508 0004-0002 44:2<499 2015 44 10508 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-014-0403-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-014-0403-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Beougher Sean Center for Research and Education on Gender and Sexuality, San Francisco State University, 835 Market Street, Suite 525, 94103, San Francisco, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bircher Anja Center for Research and Education on Gender and Sexuality, San Francisco State University, 835 Market Street, Suite 525, 94103, San Francisco, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chakravarty Deepalika Center for Research and Education on Gender and Sexuality, San Francisco State University, 835 Market Street, Suite 525, 94103, San Francisco, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Darbes Lynae Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mandic Carmen Center for Research and Education on Gender and Sexuality, San Francisco State University, 835 Market Street, Suite 525, 94103, San Francisco, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Neilands Torsten Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Garcia Carla Center for Research and Education on Gender and Sexuality, San Francisco State University, 835 Market Street, Suite 525, 94103, San Francisco, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hoff Colleen Center for Research and Education on Gender and Sexuality, San Francisco State University, 835 Market Street, Suite 525, 94103, San Francisco, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Archives of Sexual Behavior Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 44/2(2015-02-01), 499-508 0004-0002 44:2<499 2015 44 10508