ARSH: Center for Applied Research on Substance Use and Health Disparities, Nova Southeastern University , Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
LGBT Health. 2016 Dec;3(6):461-464. doi: 10.1089/lgbt.2015.0069. Epub 2015 Dec 31.
Street markets in antiretroviral medications for HIV have been documented, but sources of demand are not well understood. We report unexpected findings from qualitative research suggesting that some demand is for informal pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).
Focus groups with young men who have sex with men (N = 31) yielded information on their understanding and use of PrEP.
Of those who had heard of it, few understood PrEP to be a physician-prescribed regimen; most believed it to be a pill taken before and/or after sex and acquired on the street or through HIV-positive friends.
Implications for PrEP rollout and public health policy are discussed.
已记录到街头市场有抗逆转录病毒药物出售用于治疗艾滋病,但人们对需求来源的了解并不充分。我们报告了一项定性研究的意外发现,表明一些需求是为了获得非正式的暴露前预防(PrEP)。
对男男性行为者(MSM)进行了焦点小组讨论,以获取他们对 PrEP 的理解和使用情况的信息。
在听说过 PrEP 的人中,很少有人理解 PrEP 是一种医生开具的方案;大多数人认为 PrEP 是一种在性行为前后服用的药物,可以在街头或通过 HIV 阳性的朋友获得。
讨论了 PrEP 推广和公共卫生政策的影响。