Community Members' Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Awareness, Attitudes, and Trusted Sources for PrEP Information and Provision, Context Matters Survey, 2015–2016
| Autor: | Dawn K. Smith, Stacy L. Thorne, Jeffrey Wiener, Stuart Michaels, Jamal T Jones, Julie Gasparac |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Adult
Male Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty Health (social science) Community organization Psychological intervention HIV Infections Context (language use) Women of color Trust 03 medical and health sciences Pre-exposure prophylaxis 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Heterosexuality 030505 public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Hiv prevalence United States Black or African American Cross-Sectional Studies Infectious Diseases Family medicine Community health Female Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Health information 0305 other medical science Psychology |
| Zdroj: | AIDS Education and Prevention. 32:102-S6 |
| ISSN: | 0899-9546 |
| DOI: | 10.1521/aeap.2020.32.2.102 |
| Popis: | Men and women of color have had low pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake. How one's preferred source of health information shapes attitudes toward PrEP is unclear. We conducted cross-sectional surveys to assess changes in PrEP awareness, knowledge, and attitudes, trusted sources for PrEP information, and associations between trusted source of information and PrEP knowledge and attitudes. Participants were recruited from six areas served by community health centers in Chicago, IL (two health centers); Jackson, MS; Newark, NJ; Philadelphia, PA; and Washington, D.C. during June–September 2015 (n = 160) and June–September 2016 (n = 200). Participants were Black (74%), heterosexual (81%), and largely unaware of PrEP (72%). Participants who trusted health experts and community organizations for PrEP information had lower percentages of agreeing with statements indicative of negative PrEP attitudes. Interventions that increase PrEP awareness as well as knowledge and favorable attitudes might help increase PrEP use in communities with high HIV prevalence. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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