Merchant Roland C, Corner David, Garza Eduardo, Guan Wentao, Mayer Kenneth H, Brown Larry, Chan Philip A
Department of Emergency Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI; Department of Epidemiology, Brown University, Providence, RI.
Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI.
J Gay Lesbian Ment Health. 2016;20(1):21-33. doi: 10.1080/19359705.2015.1105115. Epub 2015 Oct 27.
Community outreach efforts to increase HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) utilization by at risk men-who-have-sex-with-men (MSM) first need to elucidate preferences for learning about PrEP and linking to PrEP resources. In this pilot study, we observed that among MSM recruited through community outreach, HIV sexual risk-taking was significant, yet self-perceived PrEP knowledge was low and interest in learning more about PrEP was moderate. Most preferred learning about PrEP and being provided local PrEP clinic information through electronic media. However, receipt of PrEP information alone did not appear to motivate these men into presenting to a local clinic for PrEP evaluation.
旨在提高男男性行为者(MSM)这一高危群体对艾滋病病毒暴露前预防(PrEP)使用率的社区推广工作,首先需要明确他们在了解PrEP及获取PrEP资源方面的偏好。在这项试点研究中,我们观察到,通过社区推广招募的男男性行为者中,艾滋病病毒的性传播风险显著,但他们自我认知的PrEP知识水平较低,对进一步了解PrEP的兴趣一般。大多数人更喜欢通过电子媒体了解PrEP并获取当地PrEP诊所的信息。然而,仅接收PrEP信息似乎并不能促使这些人前往当地诊所进行PrEP评估。