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HIV Futures is a national survey of Australian people living with HIV conducted every two years by the Living with HIV program at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society at La Trobe University.

It is an anonymous survey asking important questions about the health, treatments, work and financial situations of people with HIV in Australia. read more »

HIV futures six: Making positive lives count, a national survey of the health and wellbeing of HIV positive people, has been published.

Produced by the Living with HIV Program, part of The Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society at La Trobe University, it can be viewed at the HIV Futures website: www.latrobe.edu.au/hivfutures read more »

Why would anyone choose to specialise in HIV medicine? And what possible incentives are there to make you stay? These are questions you may well have contemplated while sitting in your own doctor’s waiting room. read more »

Key findings from an Australian research project by the National Centre in HIV Social Research (NCHSRNational Centre in HIV Social Research. Located at the University of NSW in Sydney, NCHSR conducts research which describes and analyses the social understandings, meanings and practices of peoples, institutions and communities in relation to HIV, Hepatitis C and other communicable diseases.) have added considerably to what’s now known about the experience of HIV and depression in gay men. read more »

The National Centre in HIV Social Research (NCHSRNational Centre in HIV Social Research. Located at the University of NSW in Sydney, NCHSR conducts research which describes and analyses the social understandings, meanings and practices of peoples, institutions and communities in relation to HIV, Hepatitis C and other communicable diseases.) recently released a new report on a three year project which investigated depression among men attending high HIV caseload general practice clinics. read more »

A new survey for gay, bisexual or same-sex- attracted men is now underway and inviting participants to join the online study and provide information which is investigating how internet use relates to different aspects of men's social and sexual lives. read more »

People living with HIV are doing better on treatments and are more likely to be in employment than they were two years ago, but many are still living in poverty and increasingly concerned about the long-term impact of HIV treatments, according to the latest HIV Futures report. read more »

Is being HIV-positive an innate part of our identities as positive people, or has the concept of “HIV identity” become less significant in the post-HAARTHighly Active AntiRetroviralA medication or other substance which is active against retroviruses such as HIV. Therapy ??? aggressive treatment of HIV infection using several different drugs together. era? DAVID MENADUE investigates. read more »

The care and support needs of positive people are changing and remain poorly understood. A landmark NAPWA project aims to improve our knowledge in this important area, writes PETER CANAVAN. read more »

It’s time to bring people living with HIV/AIDS more closely into the social research which seeks to understand their lives, writes JOHN RULE. read more »