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Broady T; Chan C; MacGibbon J; Mao L; Rule J; Heath-Paynter D; Bavinton B; Holt M, 2023, 'Increased HIV prevention coverage among Australian gay and bisexual men with regular partners: results of national behavioural surveillance, 2018-22', presented at IAS Conference on HIV Science, Brisbane, Australia, 23 July 2023 - 26 July 2023

Chan C; Holt M; Broady T; MacGibbon J; Mao L; Prestage G; Wilcock B; Clifton B; Bavinton B, 2023, 'Increased use of event-driven PrEP during COVID-19 in Australia: results from behavioural surveillance 2019-2021', presented at IAS Conference on HIV Science, Brisbane, 23 July 2023 - 26 July 2023

Broady T; Chan C; MacGibbon J; Mao L; Clifton B; Paynter H; Prestage G; Bavinton B; Holt M, 2022, 'A new normal? The continuing impact of COVID-19 on Australian gay and bisexual men's behaviour: Results from the Gay Community Periodic Surveys 2017-22', presented at Australasian HIV/AIDS Conference, Sunshine Coast, Australia, 29 August 2022 - 01 September 2022

Chan C; Bavinton B; Broady T; Mao L; Prestage G; Holt M, 2021, 'Gay And Bisexual Men Who Use Event-Based PrEP Have A Lower HIV Risk Profile Than Daily PrEP Users: Results From National Australian Data 2019-2020.', presented at Joint Sexual Health and HIV&AIDS Conferences 2021, Virtual/online, 06 September 2021 - 09 September 2021

Holt M; Chan C; Broady T; Mao L; Rule J; Ellard J; Prestage G; Bavinton B, 2021, 'Impact of COVID-19 on number of sexual partners, HIV testing and and PrEP use: results of Australian behavioural surveillance of gay and bisexual men 2018-20', presented at Joint Sexual Health and HIV&AIDS Conferences 2021, Virtual/online, 06 September 2021 - 09 September 2021

Chan C; Holt M; Broady T; Mao L; Prestage G; Bavinton B, 2021, 'STI Testing Continues To Occur Less Frequently Than HIV Testing: Results From The Gay Community Periodic Surveys 2019-20', presented at Joint Sexual Health and HIV&AIDS Conferences 2021, Virtual/online, 06 September 2021 - 09 September 2021

Holt M; Chan C; Broady T; Mao L; Rule J; Ellard J; Prestage G; Bavinton B, 2021, 'Variations in HIV prevention coverage by state, age, country of birth, sexual identity, and proportion of gay residents: analysis of Australian Gay Community Periodic Surveys 2015-20', presented at Joint Sexual Health and HIV&AIDS Conferences 2021, Virtual/online, 06 September 2021 - 09 September 2021

Holt M; Chan C; Broady T; Mao L; Prestage G; Bavinton B, 2021, 'The impact of COVID-19 on behavioural surveillance of gay and bisexual men in Australia', presented at STI & HIV 2021 World Congress, Virtual/online, 14 July 2021 - 17 July 2021

Holt M; Broady T; Chan C; Mao L; O'Donnell D; Rule J; Ellard J; Prestage G; Bavinton B, 2020, 'PrEP becomes most common HIV prevention strategy used by gay and bisexual men in Australia and ‘net prevention coverage’ increases: results of repeated, national behavioural surveillance, 2014-19', presented at Joint Australasian HIV&AIDS and Sexual Health Conferences: Virtual, Virtual/online, 16 November 2020 - 20 November 2020

Chan C; Bavinton B; Broady T; Mao L; Prestage G; Holt M, 2020, 'Social engagement between gay men has declined but remains associated with HIV testing, PrEP uptake and number of sexual partners: analysis of national Gay Community Periodic Survey data 1998-2019', presented at Joint Australasian Sexual Health & HIV/AIDS Conferences, Virtual, 16 November 2020 - 20 November 2020

Lafferty L; Bryant J; Mao L; Hull P; Gray R; Treloar C, 2019, 'Understanding barriers and facilitators to the take up of new DAA hepatitis C treatments', presented at HARP Forum - 2019: The Millennial Edition, Sydney, 16 October 2019 - 17 October 2019

MacGibbon J; Broady T; Drysdale K; Bavinton B; Lee E; Mao L; Prestage G; Holt M, 2019, 'Gay Men’s Relationship Agreements In The Era Of Pre‐Exposure Prophylaxis: An Analysis Of Australian Behavioural Surveillance Data', presented at Australasian HIV/AIDS Conference, Perth, Australia, 17 September 2019 - 19 September 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-019-02737-9

Chan C; Broady T; Bavinton B; Mao L; Prestage G; Holt M, 2019, 'ASSESSING THE HIV PREVENTION NEEDS OF YOUNG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN IN THE PREP ERA: A NATIONAL ANALYSIS OF BEHAVIOURAL TRENDS FROM THE GAY COMMUNITY PERIODIC SURVEYS', presented at Joint Australasian Sexual Health & HIV/AIDS Conferences, Perth, Western Australia, 16 September 2019 - 19 September 2019

Holt M; Lee E; Broady T; Mao L; Ellard J; Bavinton B; Prestage G, 2019, 'National PrEP cascade for Australian gay and bisexual men and analysis of factors influencing uptake: Results from the Gay Community Periodic Surveys, 2014-18', presented at Joint Australasian Sexual Health & HIV/AIDS Conferences, Perth, Western Australia, 16 September 2019 - 19 September 2019

Cui J; Newman CE; Lancaster K; Mao L, 2019, 'Balancing the tensions between risk management and empowerment-oriented practice: An account of social work practitioners working with people with mental health issues in Sydney and Hong Kong', presented at 9th International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health, York, UK, 22 July 2019 - 26 July 2019

Holt M; Lee E; Lea T; Mao L; Broady T; Bavinton B; Keen P; Ellard J; Crawford D; Murphy D; Guy R; Grulich A; de Wit J; Prestage G, 2018, 'Cascades for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis eligibility and use by Australian gay and bisexual men', presented at Australasian HIV/AIDS Conference, Sydney, 24 September 2018 - 26 September 2018

Lee E; Holt M; Wong H; Lewis D; Broady T; Bavinton B; Mackie B; Duck T; Mao L, 2018, 'Asian gay and bisexual men in Sydney, Australia who may benefit from HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis', presented at Australasian HIV/AIDS Conference, Sydney, 24 September 2018 - 26 September 2018

Broady T; Lee E; Mao L; Bavinton B; Duck T; Cooper C; Mackie B; Prestage G; Holt M, 2018, 'Gay and bisexual men who rarely practise HIV risk reduction', presented at Australasian HIV/AIDS Conference, Sydney, 24 September 2018 - 26 September 2018

MacGibbon J; Broady T; Drysdale K; Lee E; Mao L; Bavinton B; Prestage G; Holt M, 2018, 'Gay men who use pre-exposure prophylaxis and their relationship agreements: The evolution of negotiated safety?', presented at Australasian HIV/AIDS Conference, Sydney, 24 September 2018 - 26 September 2018

Siefried KJ; Mao L; Rule J; de Wit J; Carr A, 2018, 'Hospitalisations over a year follow-up in a cohort of adults living with HIV with sustained viral suppression in Australia', presented at The Australasian HIV&AIDS Conference, Sydney, Australia, 24 September 2018 - 26 September 2018

Cui J; Newman C; Mao L, 2018, 'Empowering People with Severe Mental Illness: Perspectives from Social Work Practitioners in Sydney and Hong Kong', presented at The Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development, Dublin, Ireland, 04 July 2018 - 08 July 2018

Mao L, 2017, 'Annual Report of Trends in Behaviour 2017-HIV and STI in Australia', presented at 2017 Australasian Sexual Health Conference, Canberra, 07 November 2017 - 09 November 2017

Mao L; Wong TH, 2017, 'High levels of Engagement with HIV and STI testing among gay Asian men in Sydney and Melbourne', presented at 2017 Australasian Sexual Health Conference, Canberra, 07 November 2017 - 09 November 2017

Holt M; Lea T; Mao L; Kolstee J; Duck T; Zablotska I; Allan B; West M; Lee E; Hull P; Grulich A; De Wit J; Prestage G, 2017, 'Community-level change in condom use associated with HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis by gay and bisexual men in Melbourne and Sydney, 2013-17', presented at Australasian HIV/AIDS Conference, Canberra, 06 November 2017 - 08 November 2017

Siefried KJ; Mao L; Riches S; Kerr S; Rule J; McAllister J; de Wit J; Carr A, 2017, 'Failure of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Australian adults is mainly due to ART toxicity', presented at The Australasian HIV&AIDS Conference, Canberra, Australia, 06 November 2017 - 08 November 2017

Siefried KJ; Mao L; Cysique LA; Rule J; Giles ML; Smith DE; McMahon J; Read TR; Ooi C; Tee BK; Bloch M; de wit J; Carr A, 2017, 'Polypharmacy of concomitant medications in HIV-infected Australian adults is common, and associated with adverse effects', presented at The Australasian HIV&AIDS Conference, Canberra Australia, 06 November 2017 - 08 November 2017

Cui J; Newman C; Mao L; Lancaster K, 2017, 'Problematising ‘personalisation’ in mental health care policy: exploring a cross-cultural WPR analysis', presented at Australian Social Policy Conference, 25 September 2017 - 27 September 2017

Newman CE; Cui A; Mao L; Lancaster K, 2017, 'Problematising ‘personalisation’ in mental health care policy: exploring a cross-cultural WPR analysis', presented at Australian Social Policy Conference, Sydney, 23 September 2017 - 25 September 2017

Wong HH; Mao L; Aggleton P, 2016, 'Growing up as a Chinese Gay Man alongside AIDS in Australia: Changing meanings of ethnicity, HIV and community in recent decades', presented at Conference: Youth, Health and Practical Justice, Sydney, Australia, 04 December 2016 - 05 December 2016

Buchanan A; Mao L, 2016, 'SMS messaging to promote ART adherence', presented at 2016 Australasian HIV & AIDS Conference, Adelaide, 16 November 2016 - 18 November 2016

Mao L; Holt M, 2016, 'Annual Report of Trends in Behaviour 2016: HIV/STI among gay and bisexual men', presented at 2016 Australasian HIV & AIDS Conference, Adelaide, 16 November 2016 - 18 November 2016

Siefried KJ; Mao L; Kerr S; Gates T; Maynard A; Cysique LA; McAllister J; de Wit J; Carr A, 2016, 'Concomitant medication use in ART-experienced adults: data from the PAART study', presented at The Australasian HIV&AIDS Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 16 November 2016 - 18 November 2016

Mao L; Siefried KJ; Carr A; de Wit J, 2016, 'Perceptions of TasP among HIV-positive gay men with sustained viral suppression', presented at 2016 Australasian HIV & AIDS Conference, Adelaide, 16 November 2016 - 18 November 2016

Wong HH; Chen T; Lewis D; Mao L, 2016, 'A changing sexual landscape of gay Asian men in Sydney: implications for HIV/STI prevention.', presented at 2016 Australasian Sexual Health Conference, Adelaide, South Australia, 14 November 2016 - 16 November 2016

Wong HH; Chen T; Lewis D; Mao L, 2016, 'Access to HIV information and services: Are we doing enough for men-who-have-sex-with-men who recently immigrated', presented at : AFAO National Gay Men’s HIV Health Promotion Conference, Sydney, Australia., 18 April 2016 - 21 April 2016

Mao L, 2016, 'To be on antiretroviral treatment (ART) or not: What contributes to differences in ART uptake patterns?', presented at 2. 14th Social Research Conference on HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Related Diseases, Sydney, 31 March 2016 - 01 April 2016

Holt M; Lea T; Mao L; Zablotska I; Prestage G; De Wit J, 2015, 'The emergence of undetectable viral load as a HIV risk reduction strategy by Australian gay and bisexual men who have condomless sex with casual partners', presented at Australasian HIV/AIDS Conference, Brisbane, 16 September 2015 - 18 September 2015

Siefried KJ; Mao L; Kerr S; Gates T; Cysique LA; de Wit J; Carr A, 2015, 'Parameters associated with adherence to antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected Australian adults: the PAART study', presented at The Australasian HIV&AIDS Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 16 September 2015 - 18 September 2015

Mao L; Crooks L; Post J; Adam P; Wright E; Kidd M; Wilson D; Slavin S; Kippax S; de Wit J, 2015, 'Taking Treatment as Prevention into practice: growing support among antiretroviral treatment prescribers in Australia', presented at AIDS Impact, Amsterdam, 28 July 2015 - 31 July 2015

Newman C; Persson AS; Holt M; Mao L; de Wit J, 2015, '‘That’s not a good enough reason for me’: Appreciating consumer doubts about HIV medicine', presented at TASA Health Symposium: The Politics of Knowledge in Health Care: Science, Evidence and Experience, Newcastle, 26 June 2015 - 26 June 2015

Mao L, 2015, 'ART use or non-use by PLHIV in Australia', presented at HIV Treatment Forum (National), 18 April 2015 - 18 April 2015

Mao L; Newman C; de Wit J, 2014, 'Living with HIV but not taking ART: expert patients? Resisting consumers? Moral citizens?', presented at 13th Social Research Conference on HIV, Hepatitis C and related diseases: promises & limitations: biomedical treatment and prevention in the real world, 20 February 2014 - 21 February 2014

Mao L, 2014, 's100 (ART) prescribers’ changing views and practices', presented at 13th Social Research Conference on HIV, Hepatitis C and related diseases: promises & limitations: biomedical treatment and prevention in the real world, 20 February 2014 - 21 February 2014

Holt M; Mao L; Prestage G; Zablotska I; De Wit J, 2013, 'Behavioural trends among Australian gay men pose challenges for HIV prevention: findings from the Gay Community Periodic Surveys, 2003-12', presented at Australasian HIV/AIDS Conference, Darwin, 21 October 2013 - 23 October 2013

Holt M; Lea T; Zablotska I; Prestage G; De Wit J; Mao L, 2013, 'Consistent and inconsistent use of non-condom-based risk reduction strategies among men in the Gay Community Periodic Surveys', presented at Australasian HIV/AIDS Conference, Darwin, 21 October 2013 - 23 October 2013

Mao L; Adam P; Holt M; Prestage G; de Wit J, 2013, 'Bi-directional association between HIV risk perception and practice', presented at 2nd International HIV Social Sciences and Humanities Conference, Paris, 07 July 2013 - 10 July 2013

Newman C; Mao L; Persson A; Holt M; de Wit J, 2013, '“Health seems to come second”: Views on treatment as prevention among people with HIV not currently taking treatment', presented at 25th Australasian HIV Conference, Darwin, Australia, -

Lea T; Prestage G; Mao L; Zablotska I; De Wit J; Holt M, 2012, 'TRENDS IN DRUG USE AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN IN SYDNEY, MELBOURNE AND QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA', https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000311236700145&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Mao L; Adam P; Crooks L; Wright E; Post J; Slavin S; Kidd M; de Wit J, 2012, 'Uptake of antiretroviral treatment in Australia: s100 prescribers’ perspective', presented at The Australasian HIV/AIDS Conference (24th Annual Conference for ASHM), Melbourne, 17 October 2012 - 19 October 2012

Mao L; Ophoff M; de Wit J; Holt M, 2012, 'Perceptions of HIV transmission risk, range of sexual practices and self-reported HIV status: how do they align with each other?', presented at 12th Social Research Conference on HIV, Hepatitis C and Related Diseases, 12 April 2012 - 13 April 2012


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