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Sherriff N, Koerner J, Kaneko N, Shiono S, Takaku M, Boseley R, Ichikawa S. Everywhere in Japan: an international approach to working with commercial gay businesses in HIV prevention. Health Promot Int 2018; 32:522-534. [PMID: 26565011 DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dav096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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In the UK and Japan, there is concern regarding rising rates of annual new HIV infections among Men who have Sex with Men (MSM). Whilst in the UK and Europe, gay businesses are increasingly recognized as being important settings through which to deliver HIV prevention and health promotion interventions to target vulnerable populations; in Japan such settings-based approaches are relatively underdeveloped. This article draws on qualitative data from a recently completed study conducted to explore whether it is feasible, acceptable and desirable to build on the recent European Everywhere project for adaptation and implementation in Japan. A series of expert workshops were conducted in Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka with intersectoral representatives from Japanese and UK non-governmental organizations (NGOs), gay businesses, universities and gay communities (n = 46). Further discussion groups and meetings were held with NGO members and researchers from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's Research Group on HIV Prevention Policy, Programme Implementation and Evaluation among MSM (n = 34). The results showed that it is desirable, feasible and acceptable to adapt and implement a Japanese version of Everywhere. Such a practical, policy-relevant, settings-based HIV prevention framework for gay businesses may help to facilitate the necessary scale up of prevention responses among MSM in Japan. Given the high degree of sexual mobility between countries in Asia, there is considerable potential for the Everywhere Project (or its Japanese variant) to be expanded and adapted to other countries within the Asia-Pacific region.
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- Nigel Sherriff
- Centre for Health Research(CHR), University of Brighton, Mayfield House, Falmer, BrightonBN1 9PH, UK
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- School of Nursing, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan.,School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine, Australian Catholic University, Canberra, Australia
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- School of Nursing, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan
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- School of Nursing, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan
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- School of Nursing, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan.,Terrence Higgins Trust (THT), Brighton, UK
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- School of Nursing, University of Human Environments, Obu, Japan
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- School of Nursing, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan.,Terrence Higgins Trust (THT), Brighton, UK
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Sherriff N, Gugglberger L. A European Seal of Approval for ‘gay’ businesses: findings from an HIV-prevention pilot project. Perspect Public Health 2013; 134:150-9. [DOI: 10.1177/1757913913481540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Aims: ‘Gay’ businesses can be important settings through which to deliver health promotion interventions to vulnerable populations, such as men who have sex with men (MSM) regarding HIV prevention. This article draws on data from the European Everywhere project, which represents the first scheme to develop and pre-test a common framework for HIV/STI prevention in ‘gay’ businesses across eight European countries. Methods: The scientific basis of the Everywhere framework was developed using a comprehensive consensus-building process over 30 months. This process included: formative scoping research; interviews with 54 ‘gay’ businesses; meetings/workshops with representatives from project partners, ‘gay’ businesses, public health administrations and external experts; 15 interviews and three focus groups with project partners; a five-month pilot action phase in eight countries, together with support from the project’s Advisory Group; and all Everywhere project partners including the Scientific Steering Committee. Results: A voluntary European code setting out differentiated HIV/STI-prevention standards for ‘gay’ businesses (including sex venues, ‘gay’ and ‘gay’ friendly social spaces, travel agencies, hotels, dating websites) was developed and piloted in eight European cities. During a five-month pilot action, 83 ‘gay’ businesses were certified with the Everywhere Seal of Approval representing a considerable increase on the expected pilot target of 30. Conclusions: Everywhere offers a major contribution to the public health and/or health promotion field in the form of a practical, policy-relevant, settings-based HIV-prevention framework for ‘gay’ businesses that is common across eight European countries. Findings suggest that a European-wide model of prevention is acceptable and feasible to businesses.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nigel Sherriff
- Centre for Health Research, University of Brighton, Falmer, Brighton, UK
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Gold J, Hellard M, Lim M, Dixon H, Wakefield M, Aitken C. Public-Private Partnerships for Health Promotion. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH EDUCATION 2013. [DOI: 10.1080/19325037.2012.10599243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- J. Gold
- a Centre for Population Health , Burnet Institute , Melbourne , 3004 , Australia
- b Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine , Monash University , Melbourne , 3004 , Australia
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- c Centre for Population Health , Burnet Institute , Melbourne , 3004 , Australia
- d Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine , Monash University , Melbourne , 3004 , Australia
- e Nossal Institute for Global Health , University of Melbourne , Melbourne , 3010 , Australia
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- f Centre for Population Health , Burnet Institute , Melbourne , 3004 , Australia
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- g Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer , Cancer Council Victoria , Melbourne , 3053 , Australia
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- h Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer , Cancer Council Victoria , Melbourne , 3053 , Australia
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- i Centre for Population Health , Burnet Institute , Melbourne , 3004 , Australia
- j Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine , Monash University , Melbourne , 3004 , Australia
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