Discomfort discussing HIV/AIDS and lack of awareness are barriers to partner-to-partner pre-exposure prophylaxis education
| Autor: | Heather Farthing, Siddharth Iyengar, Anamaria Rodriguez, Misha Armstrong, Jo Nell Potter, Evan Nigh, Susanne Doblecki-Lewis |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Anti-HIV Agents Social Stigma Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Convenience sample HIV Infections Dermatology medicine.disease_cause Truth Disclosure 03 medical and health sciences Pre-exposure prophylaxis 0302 clinical medicine Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans Pharmacology (medical) 030212 general & internal medicine 030505 public health business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Awareness Middle Aged medicine.disease Infectious Diseases Cross-Sectional Studies Sexual Partners Socioeconomic Factors Family medicine Female Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis 0305 other medical science business |
| Zdroj: | International journal of STDAIDS. 30(2) |
| ISSN: | 1758-1052 |
| Popis: | We suggest that people living with HIV (PLWH) may serve as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) educators for partners when informed about PrEP. Participants in this study were a convenience sample of PLWH at a public hospital in Miami. A cross-sectional survey assessed the frequency of serostatus disclosure, PrEP awareness, and willingness to recommend PrEP to intimate partners. To evaluate stigma surrounding human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), comfort discussing HIV with family, friends and intimate partners was interrogated. Surveys were completed by 137 participants; 39.5% had potentially sero-discordant sexual partners. Among respondents, 29.2% reported that they ‘occasionally’ or ‘never’ disclose HIV status to sexual partners. In all, 66.4% of patients reported that they had never heard of PrEP. After being educated about PrEP, 86.0% of respondents reported that they would encourage partners to use it. Participants were asked how often the subject of HIV comes up in conversations. Most indicated that ‘rarely’ or ‘never’ does it come up with friends and family; 46.1% indicated that ‘never’ or ‘rarely’ does it come up with partners. In bivariate analyses, participants with prior awareness of PrEP were more likely to indicate higher frequency of conversations regarding HIV with intimate partners. It is concluded that interventions which utilize partner education to increase PrEP uptake should address stigma and knowledge among other barriers. |
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