Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates, 2150 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 8-436, Washington, DC, 20037, USA.
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University, Washington, DC, 20052, USA.
AIDS Behav. 2019 Jan;23(1):105-115. doi: 10.1007/s10461-018-2264-5.
Daily emtricitabine/tenofovor is effective at preventing HIV acquisition and is approved for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). Blacks in the United States have a disproportionately high rate of HIV, and uptake of PrEP has been very low in this population. We conducted a pilot study in a high-prevalence city to test whether a culturally-tailored counseling center for young Black men who have sex with men (BMSM) positively impacted their access and uptake of PrEP. 50 young BMSM were randomized to either a PrEP counseling center group or a control group, and were then encouraged to obtain PrEP from a PrEP provider. At the end of 3 month study, six participants in the intervention group compared with none in the control group had initiated PrEP (p = 0.02). This pilot study demonstrates that a culturally-tailored counseling center might be an effective at increasing the uptake of PrEP in young BMSM.
每日服用恩曲他滨/替诺福韦酯可有效预防 HIV 感染,且已被批准用于 HIV 暴露前预防(PrEP)。美国的黑人 HIV 感染率极高,而该人群对 PrEP 的接受度非常低。我们在一个高感染率的城市开展了一项试点研究,以测试为与男性发生性行为的年轻黑人男性(BMSM)设立的文化适应型咨询中心是否能积极影响他们获得和使用 PrEP 的机会。将 50 名年轻的 BMSM 随机分配到 PrEP 咨询中心组或对照组,然后鼓励他们从 PrEP 提供者处获得 PrEP。在 3 个月的研究结束时,干预组中有 6 名参与者开始使用 PrEP,而对照组中无一例(p=0.02)。这项试点研究表明,文化适应型咨询中心可能会有效提高年轻 BMSM 使用 PrEP 的机会。