Raising Awareness of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) among Women in New York City: Community and Provider Perspectives

Autor: Kim Sanders, Lisa G. Colarossi, Kate L. Collier
Rok vydání: 2017
Předmět:
Adult
Health Knowledge
Attitudes
Practice
Health (social science)
Adolescent
Urban Population
Health Personnel
media_common.quotation_subject
HIV Infections
Social Welfare
Health Promotion
Library and Information Sciences
Health Services Accessibility
Grounded theory
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
Pre-exposure prophylaxis
0302 clinical medicine
Nursing
Humans
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
Qualitative Research
media_common
Enthusiasm
030505 public health
business.industry
Communication
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health
Patient Preference
Hispanic or Latino
Focus Groups
Middle Aged
Focus group
Social marketing
Black or African American
Health promotion
Health Communication
Female
New York City
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis
0305 other medical science
business
Qualitative research
Zdroj: Journal of Health Communication. 22:183-189
ISSN: 1087-0415
1081-0730
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2016.1261969
Popis: This study explored the knowledge, attitudes, and perceived facilitators and barriers to adoption of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among black women and Latinas in the Bronx, NY. Data were collected in focus group discussions (FGDs) held separately with staff (n = 21) and black and Latina female clients aged 18 to 50 (n = 23) of four organizations providing health and social services. Participants were also asked to give feedback about four action messages regarding PrEP for a social marketing campaign. Transcripts were analyzed by two researchers using grounded theory. We found that the majority of clients (74%) and staff (57%) had not heard about PrEP before participating in the FGDs. Following brief educational messaging about PrEP, participants identified potential facilitators and barriers to PrEP uptake among women, and expressed enthusiasm for more widespread efforts to raise awareness about PrEP as an HIV prevention option. Participants preferred an action message that was brief, referred to PrEP as a pill, and did not mention condoms or STD testing. These findings demonstrate the need to raise awareness about PrEP among women and build the capacity of women-serving organizations to educate, screen, and refer or provide PrEP services.
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