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Pre-exposure prophylaxis awareness, use, and intention to use in a regional sample of Latin American geosocial networking application users in 2018–2019
- Source :
- Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), Repositorio Academico-UPC, UPC-Institucional, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, instacron:UPC, International Journal of STD and AIDS
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications Ltd, 2021.
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Abstract
- El texto completo de este trabajo no está disponible en el Repositorio Académico UPC por restricciones de la casa editorial donde ha sido publicado. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) access is increasing in Latin America. We explored PrEP use among Spanish-speaking, Hornet geosocial networking application users from Latin American countries with limited PrEP data via an online survey completed between December 2018 and February 2019. A total of 718 Hornet users from 10 countries were included, of whom 72.1% reported PrEP awareness. Few (5.6%) were currently taking PrEP, though 32.1% intended to take PrEP in the subsequent 6 months. PrEP awareness was lower in 18–25 year olds compared to 26+ (62.4% vs. 75.6%, aOR 0.67, [95% CI 0.46–0.97]), and higher among those living in larger versus smaller cities (74.4% vs. 58.8%, aOR 1.96, [95% CI 1.25–3.07]) or countries with at least partial versus no PrEP policy adoption (79.1% vs. 60.8%, aOR 2.20, [95% CI 1.56–3.12]). Intention to use PrEP was higher among PrEP-eligible respondents (51.8% vs. 29.6%, aOR 2.26, [95% CI 1.26–4.07]) and those recently tested for a sexually transmitted infection (35.4% vs. 25.5%, aOR 1.58, [95% CI 1.01–2.48]). Efforts to expand PrEP use in Latin America should focus on national PrEP policy adoption, and research should explore barriers to awareness and use among young men who have sex with men. National Institute of Mental Health Revisión por pares
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Latin Americans
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
men who have sex with men
Intention to use
Sample (statistics)
HIV Infections
Dermatology
Intention
medicine.disease_cause
Men who have sex with men
03 medical and health sciences
Pre-exposure prophylaxis
Sexual and Gender Minorities
0302 clinical medicine
prevention
medicine
Humans
Pharmacology (medical)
030212 general & internal medicine
homosexual
Homosexuality, Male
030505 public health
business.industry
Human immunodeficiency virus
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
South America
Infectious Diseases
Latin America
Family medicine
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis
0305 other medical science
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), Repositorio Academico-UPC, UPC-Institucional, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, instacron:UPC, International Journal of STD and AIDS
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9f74141981cbcb0094508069b5cd1a1d