Strengthening community capacity to maintain low levels of HIV among Aboriginal gay men and other men who have sex with men (MSM), sistergirls and brotherboys in South Australia

Indigenous people globally remain at higher risk of HIV and sexually transmissible infections (STIs) than non-Indigenous people. In Australia, gay and other men who have sex with men are disproportionately affected by HIV, and, as a result, HIV transmission among this population has been well researched; however, there is little known about HIV transmission among homosexually active Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (hereafter referred to as Aboriginal) men. Even less is known about how cultural factors specific to the Aboriginal population may influence the sexual behaviours of this population group.