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Characterizing the PrEP Continuum for Black and Latinx Sexual and Gender Minority Youth
- Source :
- AIDS Behav
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021.
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Abstract
- Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) rollout efforts thus far have inadequately reached young people from underrepresented backgrounds. This study explores PrEP engagement among young Black and Latinx men who have sex with men, transgender women, and gender diverse individuals in three U.S. cities using an adapted PrEP continuum measure. We analyze data from the recruitment phase of an ongoing PrEP engagement intervention (n = 319) using partial proportional odds logistic regression. Participants reported high willingness and intention to use PrEP, yet most (82%) were not currently taking PrEP. Being insured (aOR = 2.95, 95%-CI = 1.60-5.49), having one or more PrEP users in one's sexual network (aOR = 4.19, 95%-CI = 2.61-6.79), and higher individual HIV risk scores (aOR = 1.62, 95%-CI = 1.34-1.97) were each associated with being further along the PrEP continuum. Strategies are needed to address barriers to healthcare access and leverage connections within social and sexual networks in order to bolster PrEP engagement among marginalized young people from diverse backgrounds.Los esfuerzos de dar a conocer la profilaxis prexposición (PrEP) hasta el momento han llegado de forma inadecuada a los jóvenes de entornos desfavorecidos. Este estudio explora en tres ciudades de los EE. UU. el compromiso con la PrEP entre los jóvenes de raza negra y latino quienes son minorías sexuales o de género, utilizando una medida de seguimiento de la PrEP adaptada. Analizamos los datos de la fase de reclutamiento de una participación en la PrEP en curso (n = 319) utilizando una regresión logística parcial de probabilidades proporcionales. Los participantes manifestaron una alta disposición e intención de utilizar la PrEP, aunque la mayoría (82%) no tomaba actualmente la PrEP. Estar asegurado (aOR = 2,95, 95%-CI = 1,60–5,49), tener uno o más usuarios de la PrEP en su red sexual (aOR = 4,19, 95%-CI = 2,61–6,79), y mayores puntuaciones individuales de riesgo de VIH (aOR = 1,62, 95%-CI = 1,34–1,97) se asociaron con el hecho de llevar un seguimiento estrecho con la PrEP. Se necesitan estrategias para abordar las barreras de acceso a la atención médica y aprovechar las conexiones entre las redes sociales y las de carácter sexual, con el fin de reforzar el compromiso con la PrEP entre los jóvenes marginados de diversas procedencias.
- Subjects :
- Male
Gerontology
Sexual network
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Social Psychology
Sexual Behavior
HIV Infections
Logistic regression
Transgender Persons
Article
Men who have sex with men
Sexual and Gender Minorities
Intervention (counseling)
Health care
medicine
Humans
Homosexuality, Male
Young adult
business.industry
Public health
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Health psychology
Infectious Diseases
Female
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis
business
Psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15733254 and 10907165
- Volume :
- 26
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- AIDS and Behavior
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4e3bda0d89b1a15623b55acec888770a
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-021-03476-6