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 - 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 -