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"Now that PrEP is reducing the risk of transmission of HIV, why then do you still insist that we use condoms?" the condom quandary among PrEP users and health care providers in Kenya.

Authors :
Irungu, Elizabeth M.
Ngure, Kenneth
Mugwanya, Kenneth K.
Awuor, Merceline
Dollah, Annabelle
Ongolly, Fernandos
Mugo, Nelly
Bukusi, Elizabeth
Wamoni, Elizabeth
Odoyo, Josephine
Morton, Jennifer F.
Barnabee, Gena
Mukui, Irene
Baeten, Jared M.
O'Malley, Gabrielle
Source :
AIDS Care; Jan2021, Vol. 33 Issue 1, p92-100, 9p, 1 Chart
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

Communication around condom use in the context of PrEP services presents a potential conundrum for patients and providers. Within the Partners Scale-Up Project, which supports integration of PrEP delivery in HIV care clinics, we interviewed 41 providers and 61 PrEP users and identified themes relating to condom messaging and use. Most providers counselled PrEP initiators to always use both PrEP and condoms, except when trying to conceive. However, others reported contexts and rationales for not emphasizing condom use. Providers reported that PrEP users were sometimes confused, even frustrated, with their insistence on using condoms in addition to PrEP. PrEP users generally regarded PrEP as a more feasible and desirable HIV prevention method than condoms, enabling increased sexual pleasure and conception, and reducing the conflict and stigma associated with condom use. Innovative approaches to condom counselling in PrEP programs are needed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
09540121
Volume :
33
Issue :
1
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
AIDS Care
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
147904850
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2020.1744507