Baseline characteristics of gay and bisexual men in a HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis demonstration project with equity quotas in Auckland, New Zealand
| Autor: | Richard A Franklin, Suzanne Werder, Mark D Fisher, Whatitiri P Te Wake, Joseph G Rich, Renee Jenkins, Sunita Azariah, Jason M Myers, Peter Saxton, Rose Forster |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
030505 public health Chlamydia business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Ethnic group Computer-assisted web interviewing medicine.disease 03 medical and health sciences Pre-exposure prophylaxis 0302 clinical medicine Infectious Diseases Family medicine Medicine Population study 030212 general & internal medicine Homosexuality Young adult 0305 other medical science business Reproductive health media_common |
| Zdroj: | Sexual Health. 16:47 |
| ISSN: | 1448-5028 |
| DOI: | 10.1071/sh18056 |
| Popis: | Background In New Zealand, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) should target gay and bisexual men (GBM), and equity is an important principle. Baseline characteristics of GBM offered PrEP in a demonstration project with an enrolment quota of 50% non-Europeans are described. Methods: An open-label, single-arm treatment evaluation study design (‘NZPrEP’) was used. The settings were four publicly funded sexual health clinics in Auckland in 2017. The study population was 150 GBM recruited from clinics, community sources and social media. Participants self-completed an online questionnaire about PrEP awareness, attitudes and sexual risk behaviour in the last 3 months. Baseline characteristics are described and examined to determine whether these were associated with PrEP initiation status (self-referral vs doctor/nurse recommendation). Results: In total, 150 GBM of whom half (52%) were non-European, including 21.3% Maori, 19.3% Asian and 8.7% Pacific, were enrolled into the study. Two-thirds (65.3%) self-referred for PrEP and one-third (34.7%) were recommended PrEP by the doctor/nurse. Participants reported a high number of male condomless receptive anal intercourse partners (MenAICLR) (median 3, range 0–50), with 10% reporting 10 or more MenAICLR and 45.3% reporting group sex. In the previous year, 65.3% had a sexually transmissible infection (STI); 18% had rectal chlamydia or gonorrhoea at enrolment. Almost half (47.7%) had recently used drugs with sex, including 8.1% who used methamphetamine. Participants recommended PrEP had lower education, lived less centrally and had a higher STI prevalence than PrEP self-referrers, but their risk behaviour was similar. Conclusions: Early PrEP adopters in New Zealand have high HIV risk. Demonstration projects should consider equity mechanisms so that minorities can participate meaningfully. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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