TY - JOUR
T1 - Demographic, Behavioral, and Geographic Differences Between Men, Transmen, and Transwomen Currently on PrEP, Former PrEP Users, and Those Having Never Used PrEP
AU - Westmoreland, Drew A.
AU - Pantalone, David W.
AU - Patel, Viraj V.
AU - Hoover, Donald
AU - Nash, Denis
AU - Grov, Christian
N1 - Funding Information:
Together 5000 was funded by the National Institutes of Health (UG3 AI 133675 - PI Grov). Viraj Patel was supported by a career development award (K23 MH 102118). Other forms of support include the CUNY Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health, and the Einstein, Rockefeller, CUNY Center for AIDS Research (ERC CFAR, P30 AI 124414).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2020/5/1
Y1 - 2020/5/1
N2 - Many recent studies have compared men currently taking pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to men not taking PrEP. However, less is known about demographic, behavioral, and geographic characteristics of men formerly, but not currently, taking PrEP. Using a 2017–2018 U.S. national, internet-based sample (n = 10,504) of men, transmen, and transwomen who have sex with men, we compared three groups based on their PrEP experiences. Results highlight individual-level financial and geo-contextual barriers to PrEP use that can inform prevention efforts to improve PrEP initiation and continuation for both PrEP-naïve and PrEP-experienced individuals, respectively.
AB - Many recent studies have compared men currently taking pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to men not taking PrEP. However, less is known about demographic, behavioral, and geographic characteristics of men formerly, but not currently, taking PrEP. Using a 2017–2018 U.S. national, internet-based sample (n = 10,504) of men, transmen, and transwomen who have sex with men, we compared three groups based on their PrEP experiences. Results highlight individual-level financial and geo-contextual barriers to PrEP use that can inform prevention efforts to improve PrEP initiation and continuation for both PrEP-naïve and PrEP-experienced individuals, respectively.
KW - Demographic characteristics
KW - Gay and bisexual men
KW - Pre-exposure prophylaxis, PrEP
KW - Sexual behavior
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U2 - 10.1007/s10461-019-02722-2
DO - 10.1007/s10461-019-02722-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 31707556
AN - SCOPUS:85074856984
SN - 1090-7165
VL - 24
SP - 1304
EP - 1311
JO - AIDS and Behavior
JF - AIDS and Behavior
IS - 5
ER -
