Research Interests

Associate Professor Garrett Prestage

(Position Details)
Phone 02 9385 0900
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Qualifications BA (Hons) Sociology, PhD Sociology UNSW
 
School/Unit
National Centre in HIV Epidemiology & Clinical Research
 
Broad Research Areas
HIV - AIDS
Epidemiology
Preventive Medicine
Community Medicine
Infectious Diseases
 
Specific Research Keywords
Behaviour
Sexual Health
Sexuality
Research methods
Infectious Diseases
 
Research Interests

Sexuality and sexual identity; Transmission, prevention and treatment of HIV other sexually transmissible infections; Gay men's health. Projects include both cross-sectional surveys and cohort studies of health and behaviour, as well as interview-based qualitative studies.
 
ILP Research Interests (Will supervise ILP students)
Community
Community Health
Epidemiologic Methods
Sociology
 
Society Memberships & Professional Activities
AIDS Council of NSW Board Member
Positive Life Board Advisory Group
 
Funding Sources
NHMRC, NSW Department of Health, Western Australian Department of Health, Queensland Department of Health, Victorian Department of Human Services, South Australian Health Department
 
Other Postgraduate Research

Stigma and HIV in the United Arab Emirates
 
Key works/Publications
Bennett G. (Garrett Prestage’s previous name), and Perkins R. (1984) Being A Prostitute: Prostitute Women and Prostitute Men, Sydney, George Allen & Unwin.

Prestage G, Fogarty A, Mao L, Van de Ven P, Kippax S, Kaldor JM, Jin F, Rawstorne P, Grulich A. (2005) How has the sexual behaviour of gay men changed since the onset of AIDS: 1986-2003. Aust NZ J Pub Health, 29 (6): 536-539

Prestage GP, Ferris J, Grierson JJ, Thorpe R, Zablotska I, Imrie JJ, Smith AA, Grulich AE (2008). Homosexual men in Australia: Population, distribution, and HIV prevalence. Sexual Health, 5(2):97-102.

Prestage GP, Drielsma P, (1996). Indicators of male bisexual activity in semi-metropolitan NSW - indicators for HIV prevention strategies. Australian Journal of Public Health, 20 (4), 386-392

Bennett G, (Garrett Prestage's previous name) Chapman S, Bray F, (1989). A Potential Source for the Transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus into the Heterosexual Population: Bisexual Men who Frequent 'Beats'. Medical Journal of Australia, 151(6), 314-318

Prestage GP, Jin F, Kippax S, Zablotska I, Imrie J, Grulich AE (In press). The use of illicit drugs and erectile dysfunction medications and subsequent HIV infection among gay men in Sydney, Australia. Journal of Sexual Medicine (accepted March 2009).

Prestage GP, Mao L, Kippax S, Jin F, Hurley M, Grulich A, Imrie J, Kaldor J, Zablotska I. (In Press) Use of viral load to negotiate condom use among gay men in Sydney, Australia. AIDS and Behavior (accepted February 2009; DOI 10.1007/s10461-009-9527-0).

Prestage G, Fogarty A, Rawstorne P, Grierson J, Zablotska I, Grulich AE and Kippax S, (2007) Use of illicit drugs among gay men living with HIV in Sydney. AIDS. I 21, Supp 1: 549-556

Madeddu D, Richters J, Ferris J, Grierson J, Smith A, Allan B, Grulich A, Prestage G. (2006) Estimating population distribution and HIV prevalence among homosexual and bisexual men. Sexual Health 3: 37-43.

Lawrence CG, Rawstorne P , Hull P, Grulich AE, Cameron S and Prestage GP (2006). Risk behaviour among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander gay men: comparisons with other gay men in Australia Sexual Health 3(3) 163–167

Prestage G, Mao L, McGuigan D, Crawford J, Kippax S, Kaldor J and Grulich AE (2006) HIV risk and communication between regular partners in a cohort of HIV-negative gay men. AIDS Care. 18 (2): 166-172

Prestage G, Fogarty A, Mao L, Van de Ven P, Kippax S, Kaldor JM, Jin F, Rawstorne P, Grulich A. (2005) How has the sexual behaviour of gay men changed since the onset of AIDS: 1986-2003. Aust NZ J Pub Health, 29 (6): 536-539.

Prestage G, Van de Ven P, Mao L, Grulich A, Kippax S, & Kaldor J. (2005). Contexts for last occasions of unprotected anal intercourse among HIV-negative gay men in Sydney: the Health in Men (HIM) cohort. AIDS Care 17 (1): 23-32.

Prestage G, Van de Ven P, Grulich A, Kippax S, McInnes D, & Hendry O. (2001). Gay men's casual sex encounters: Discussing HIV and using condoms. AIDS Care 13, 3: 277-284.

Prestage G and Drielsma P, (1996) Indicators of male bisexual activity in semi-metropolitan NSW - indicators for HIV prevention strategies, Australian Journal of Public Health, 20 (4): 386-392.

Prestage G, Perkins R, Lovejoy F, and Sharp R, (editors) (1994) Sex Work and Sex Workers, Sydney, University of NSW Press.

Bennett G (Garrett Prestage’s previous name), S Chapman and F Bray, (1989a) Sexual Practices and 'Beats': AIDS-Related Sexual Practices in a Sample of Homosexual and Bisexual Men in the Western Area of Sydney, Medical Journal of Australia, 151, Sept.18.
 


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