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Challenges to communicating the Undetectable equals Untransmittable (U=U) HIV prevention message: Healthcare provider perspectives by Grace, Daniel, Stewart, Mackenzie, Blaque, Ezra, Ryu, Heeho, Anand, Praney, Gaspar, Mark, Worthington, Catherine, Gilbert, Mark

“…“Undetectable equals Untransmittable”, or U=U, is a public health message designed to reduce HIV stigma and help communicate the scientific consensus that HIV…”
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Healthcare system action on employment as a social determinant of health in people living with HIV: A qualitative study by Craig-Neil, Amy, Ho, Julia, Perri, Melissa, Gaspar, Mark, Hunter, Charlotte, Rachlis, Beth, Kendall, Claire E, Rueda, Sergio, Burchell, Ann N, Pinto, Andrew D

“…Employment is a key social determinant of health. People living with HIV (PLWH) have higher unemployment rates than the general population. Vocational…”
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HIV-positive gay men's knowledge and perceptions of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and HPV vaccination: A qualitative study by Grace, Daniel, Gaspar, Mark, Paquette, Rachelle, Rosenes, Ron, Burchell, Ann N, Grennan, Troy, Salit, Irving E

“…The human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection worldwide. Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBM) living…”
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Gay and bisexual men's views on reforming blood donation policy in Canada: a qualitative study by Grace, Daniel, Gaspar, Mark, Lessard, David, Klassen, Benjamin, Brennan, David J, Adam, Barry D, Jollimore, Jody, Lachowsky, Nathan J, Hart, Trevor A

“…Researchers and activists have long called for changes to blood donation policies to end what is frequently framed as unjustified bans or deferral periods for…”
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"Syndemic moral distress": sexual health provider practices in the context of co-occurring, socially produced sexual and mental health epidemics by Salway, Travis, Black, Stéphanie, Kennedy, Angel, Watt, Sarah, Ferlatte, Olivier, Gaspar, Mark, Knight, Rod, Gilbert, Mark

“…'Syndemic' refers to socially produced, intertwined, and co-occurring epidemics. Syndemic theory is increasingly used to understand the population-level…”
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Stepping Stones or Second Class Donors?: a qualitative analysis of gay, bisexual, and queer men's perspectives on plasma donation policy in Canada by Grace, Daniel, Gaspar, Mark, Klassen, Benjamin, Lessard, David, Anand, Praney, Brennan, David J, Lachowsky, Nathan, Adam, Barry D, Cox, Joseph, Lambert, Gilles, Jollimore, Jody, Hart, Trevor A

“…Men who have sex with men (MSM) are not eligible to donate blood or plasma in Canada if they have had sex with another man in the last 3 months. This…”
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Disjuncture between self-perceived and clinically assessed risk of HIV among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in Ontario and British Columbia, Canada by Pico-Espinosa, Oscar Javier, Hull, Mark, Gaspar, Mark, Lachowsky, Nathan, Grace, Daniel, Truong, Robinson, Mohammed, Saira, MacPherson, Paul, Woodward, Kevin, Tan, Darrell H S

“…Self-perceived and clinically assessed HIV risk do not always align. We compared self-perceived and clinically assessed risk of HIV and the reasons for…”
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Economic barriers, evidentiary gaps, and ethical conundrums: a qualitative study of physicians' challenges recommending HPV vaccination to older gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men by Grace, Daniel, Gaspar, Mark, Rosenes, Ron, Grewal, Ramandip, Burchell, Ann N, Grennan, Troy, Salit, Irving E

“…The human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) worldwide. Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBM), and…”
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Influence of previous experience with and beliefs regarding anal cancer screening on willingness to be screened among men living with HIV by Gillis, Jennifer L, Grennan, Troy, Grewal, Ramandip, Ogilvie, Gina, Gaspar, Mark, Grace, Daniel, Lofters, Aisha, Raboud, Janet M, Saarela, Olli, MacPherson, Paul, Rosenes, Ron, Salit, Irving E, Burchell, Ann N

“…Implementation of anal cancer screening requires the procedure to be acceptable to the target population. Our objective was to assess the beliefs of men living…”
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PrEP-related stigma and PrEP use among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Ontario and British Columbia, Canada by Pico-Espinosa, Oscar Javier, Hull, Mark, MacPherson, Paul, Grace, Daniel, Gaspar, Mark, Lachowsky, Nathan, Mohammed, Saira, Demers, James, Kilduff, Marshall, Truong, Robinson, Tan, Darrell H S

“…We aimed to explore the association between PrEP-related stereotypes and perceived disapproval (hereafter PrEP-related stigma), and PrEP use. We used data from…”
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Navigating patterns of oral PrEP use: A qualitative longitudinal study of gay, bisexual, and queer men's dynamic practices of pausing, on-demand, and stopping PrEP in Canada by Daroya, Emerich, Wells, Alex, Gaspar, Mark, Sinno, Jad, Hull, Mark, Lachowsky, Nathan J., Tan, Darrell H.S., Grace, Daniel

“…The Canadian HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) guidelines recommend both daily and on-demand dosing for gay, bisexual, and queer men (GBQM), meeting…”
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A qualitative study of barriers to employment experienced by people living with HIV in Toronto and Ottawa by Perri, Melissa, Craig-Neil, Amy, Gaspar, Mark, Hunter, Charlotte, Kendall, Claire, Alexander, Ower, Pinto, Andrew D

“…Effective treatment has extended the life expectancy and reduced disability in people living with HIV (PLWH). However, previous research has found 45-65% of…”
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Unpacking racism during COVID-19: narratives from racialized Canadian gay, bisexual, and queer men by Grey, Cornel, Tian, Ian Liujia, Skakoon-Sparling, Shayna, Daroya, Emerich, Klassen, Ben, Lessard, David, Gaspar, Mark, Sinno, Jad, Sang, Jordan M, Perez-Brumer, Amaya, Lachowsky, Nathan J, Moore, David M, Jollimore, Jody, Hart, Trevor A, Cox, Joseph, Grace, Daniel

“…Epidemics impact individuals unevenly across race, gender, and sexuality. In addition to being more vulnerable to COVID-19 infection, evidence suggests…”
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Correction to: A qualitative study of barriers to employment experienced by people living with HIV in Toronto and Ottawa by Perri, Melissa, Craig-Neil, Amy, Gaspar, Mark, Hunter, Charlotte, Kendall, Claire, Alexander, Ower, Pinto, Andrew D

“…An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article…”
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HPV vaccination among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Canada’s three largest cities: a person-centred approach by Ramandip Grewal, Shelley L Deeks, Trevor A Hart, Joseph Cox, Alexandra De Pokomandy, Troy Grennan, Gilles Lambert, David Moore, Mark Gaspar, Clemon George, Jennifer Gillis, Daniel Grace, Jody Jollimore, Nathan J Lachowsky, Rosane Nisenbaum, Gina Ogilvie, Chantal Sauvageau, Darrell HS Tan, Anna Yeung, Ann N Burchell

“…Starting in 2015, many Canadian provinces and territories introduced publicly-funded human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programs targeted to gay, bisexual…”
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Ambivalence and the biopolitics of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) implementation by Gaspar, Mark, Salway, Travis, Grace, Daniel

“…Ambivalence, the vacillation between conflicting feelings and thoughts, is a key characteristic of scientific knowledge production and emergent biomedical…”
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Challenges to communicating the Undetectable equals Untransmittable by Grace, Daniel, Stewart, Mackenzie, Blaque, Ezra, Ryu, Heeho, Anand, Praney, Gaspar, Mark, Worthington, Catherine, Gilbert, Mark

“…"Undetectable equals Untransmittable", or U=U, is a public health message designed to reduce HIV stigma and help communicate the scientific consensus that HIV…”
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Diagnosing uncertainty: The challenges of implementing medical screening programs for minority sub-populations in Canada by Gaspar, Mark, Rosenes, Ron, Burchell, Ann N., Grennan, Troy, Salit, Irving, Grace, Daniel

“…The social science literature on medical screening has documented a notable disjuncture between the promises of population-based screening programs and the…”
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Public health morality, sex, and COVID-19: sexual minority men's HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) decision-making during Ontario's first COVID-19 lockdown by Gaspar, Mark, Grey, Cornel, Wells, Alex, Hull, Mark, Tan, Darrell H. S., Lachowsky, Nathan, Grace, Daniel

“…Experts have warned that COVID-19 control measures may amplify health inequities among gay, bisexual, queer, and other men who have sex with men (GBM). For…”
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“What other choices might I have made?”: Sexual Minority Men, the PrEP Cascade and the Shifting Subjective Dimensions of HIV Risk by Gaspar, Mark, Wells, Alex, Hull, Mark, Tan, Darrell H. S., Lachowsky, Nathan, Grace, Daniel

“…The PrEP Cascade is a dominant framework for investigating barriers to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), an HIV prevention tool. We interviewed 37 PrEP…”
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