What can PrEP do for female sex workers? Unpacking the "effectosphere" of biomedical HIV prevention in Dar es Salaam.

Autor: Lichtwarck HO; Department of Community Medicine and Global Health, Institute of Health and Society, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, 0450, Oslo, Norway. Electronic address: h.o.lichtwarck@medisin.uio.no., Massawe EP; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, P.O. Box 65001, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania., Mmbaga EJ; Department of Community Medicine and Global Health, Institute of Health and Society, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, 0450, Oslo, Norway; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, P.O. Box 65001, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania., Moen K; Department of Community Medicine and Global Health, Institute of Health and Society, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, 0450, Oslo, Norway.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Social science & medicine (1982) [Soc Sci Med] 2024 Oct; Vol. 358, pp. 117245. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 17.
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117245
Abstrakt: Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a drug with the power to prevent HIV transmission. This study delved into the broader implications of PrEP use among female sex workers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, a group disproportionately affected by HIV and socio-structural challenges. Through 46 in-depth interviews with 40 women who were either former or current PrEP users or intended to start PrEP between January 2021 and February 2022, we sought to explore the nuanced effects of PrEP. Inspired by Whyte et al. and "Social Life of Medicines", we asked what PrEP could do in the lives of female sex workers and analyzed the data using reflexive thematic analysis and an interpretative phenomenological approach. We found that PrEP had multiple and diverse effects in many domains of women's lives and refer to these collectively as the "effectosphere" of PrEP. The study identifies four key themes that jointly describe this effectosphere: (1) PrEP could promote human flourishing and empowerment by facilitating a feeling of freedom and confidence which could promote health, social relations, and economic and work opportunities, (2) PrEP could inflict harm (and fears of such harms), partially reflecting medical mistrust rooted in an understanding that sex workers were undesired in society, (3) PrEP could expose sensitive information about its users that could lead to stigma, arguments and needs for elaborate explanations, and (4) PrEP could medicalize daily life, evidenced through daily pill taking, clinical appointments, side-effects, becoming reliant on the medication, and the challenges of integrating PrEP use with other life priorities. We argue that investigating the full effectosphere of any medicine in particular geographic and sociocultural contexts can lead to a better understanding of its use and non-use, highlighting that engaging with medication extends beyond just "taking a pill."
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