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Intensive and targeted PEP counselling leads to less risky sex afterwards, fewer HIV infections
Roger Pebody, 2011-06-21 10:30:00
People at higher risk of HIV infection who take post-exposure prophylaxis benefit from an intensive programme of risk reduction counselling, American researchers report in the 1 July issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases. Participants made durable changes to their sexual behaviour and were less likely to have acquired HIV infection one year later.
The PEP counselling was based on detailed discussion of the sexual risks participants were taking. However other new research indicates that in the setting of routine clinical care for people with HIV in the UK, some clinicians are barely scratching the surface when it comes to asking about their patients’ sexual health and sexual risks.
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