Daken, Kirstie 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3631-600X
(2017)
Characteristics of early adopters at novel HIV Point of Care Testing (PoCT).
Honours thesis,
University of Southern Queensland.
(Unpublished)
Abstract
Sex on premises venues (SOPV) have been cited as environments for heightened Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) transmission among some men who have sex with men (MSM). SOPV are a common social and sexual setting where patrons may engage in more ‘sexually adventurous’ behaviours and may have higher prevalence substance use. These settings can present an opportunistic and novel approach for health promotion, including providing more accessible HIV and Sexually Transmissible Infections (STI) Point of Care Testing (PoCT) within these venues. This research aims to establish a ‘proof of concept’, including feasibility and acceptability for PoCT for HIV/STI among MSM in a novel environment, in partnership with the Queensland Positive People Rapid clinic and funding from the HIV Foundation Queensland. This thesis is a pilot and exploratory study provides a descriptive summary of early adopters who engaged in testing in a novel environment. Further, secondary analysis will look at the characteristics of the opportunistic testers. The implications of this study are to increase testing among the MSM community as well as reduce HIV and other STI transmissions. This research found that no significant associations existed among socio-demographic information and testing behaviours, indicating that novel SOPV testing may target a broad range of demographics and risk profiles. There were several limitations to this study including not knowing whether patrons were frequent testers elsewhere nor the characteristics of those who did not engage in testing.
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| Item Type: | Thesis (Non-Research) (Honours) |
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| Item Status: | Live Archive |
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| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Psychology and Counselling (1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2021) |
| Supervisors: | Amy Mullens |
| Qualification: | Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Aug 2025 01:17 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Aug 2025 01:17 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | HIV/STI, SOPV, MSM, harder to reach, health prevention. |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1799 Other Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5299 Other psychology > 529999 Other psychology not elsewhere classified |
| URI: | https://sear.unisq.edu.au/id/eprint/52246 |
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