The debut, travels and future of intersectionality in HIV prevention and treatment interventions

Abstract

The editors of this special issue and authors within it have highlighted that the frameworks, methods, and practice of intersectional thinking have travelled from their original conception to other fields. This article is synergistic with this claim, identifying the ways in which intersectional thought was formulated, how it has been applied to HIV studies that focus on cisgender heterosexually-active women and men, and examinng the extent to which intersectional thought has been applied to evidence-based HIV prevention interventions in the United States. Finally, this article makes recommendations to advance intersectional thinking in HIV prevention and treatment interventions that are also useful to numerous public health researchers focused on a variety of health outcomes.

Keywords:

• HIV/AIDS prevention
• treatment and care
• intersectionality

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.