The role of sexual risk behaviors on PrEP awareness and interest among men who have sex with men in Latin America
| Autor: | Kenneth H. Mayer, Alberto Edeza, David S. Novak, Katie B. Biello, Matthew J. Mimiaga, Joshua G. Rosenberger, Omar Galárraga |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Male Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Latin Americans Anti-HIV Agents Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Sex workers HIV Infections Dermatology Colombia medicine.disease_cause Men who have sex with men 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Risk-Taking Surveys and Questionnaires Medicine Humans Pharmacology (medical) 030212 general & internal medicine Homosexuality Male Mexico Sexual risk 030505 public health Sex Workers Unsafe Sex business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Middle Aged Infectious Diseases Sexual Partners Sexual behavior Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Viral disease 0305 other medical science business Brazil Demography |
| Zdroj: | International journal of STDAIDS. 30(6) |
| ISSN: | 1758-1052 |
| Popis: | In Latin America, men who have sex with men (MSM) remain disproportionately impacted by HIV. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is an effective HIV prevention tool and has been FDA approved in the United States since 2012, but no Latin American state, with the recent exception of Brazil, has implemented PrEP guidelines. We carried out a multinational online survey of MSM in Latin America (n = 22698) in 2012 to assess whether MSM at highest risk of HIV acquisition (i.e., those engaging in condomless anal sex [CAS; n = 2606] and transactional sex [n = 1488]) had higher levels of awareness of PrEP, PrEP use and interest in participating in a PrEP trial. After adjusting for demographic and psychosocial characteristics including depressive symptoms, hazardous alcohol use, childhood sexual abuse, and sexual compulsivity, transactional sex and CAS were associated with increased PrEP awareness (aOR = 1.29, 95% CI: 1.05–1.59, p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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