Jones Jamal T, Smith Dawn K, Thorne Stacy L, Wiener Jeffrey, Michaels Stuart, Gasparac Julie
Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP), National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia.
NORC at the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
AIDS Educ Prev. 2020 Apr;32(2):102-S6. doi: 10.1521/aeap.2020.32.2.102.
Men and women of color have had low pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake. How one's preferred source of health information shapes attitudes toward PrEP is unclear. We conducted cross-sectional surveys to assess changes in PrEP awareness, knowledge, and attitudes, trusted sources for PrEP information, and associations between trusted source of information and PrEP knowledge and attitudes. Participants were recruited from six areas served by community health centers in Chicago, IL (two health centers); Jackson, MS; Newark, NJ; Philadelphia, PA; and Washington, D.C. during June-September 2015 ( = 160) and June-September 2016 (n = 200). Participants were Black (74%), heterosexual (81%), and largely unaware of PrEP (72%). Participants who trusted health experts and community organizations for PrEP information had lower percentages of agreeing with statements indicative of negative PrEP attitudes. Interventions that increase PrEP awareness as well as knowledge and favorable attitudes might help increase PrEP use in communities with high HIV prevalence.
有色人种的男性和女性对暴露前预防（PrEP）的接受率较低。人们偏爱的健康信息来源如何塑造对PrEP的态度尚不清楚。我们进行了横断面调查，以评估PrEP意识、知识和态度的变化、PrEP信息的可信来源，以及信息可信来源与PrEP知识和态度之间的关联。参与者于2015年6月至9月（n = 160）和2016年6月至9月（n = 200）从伊利诺伊州芝加哥（两个社区卫生中心）、密西西比州杰克逊、新泽西州纽瓦克、宾夕法尼亚州费城和华盛顿特区的六个社区卫生中心服务的地区招募。参与者为黑人（74%）、异性恋（81%），且大多不了解PrEP（72%）。信任健康专家和社区组织提供PrEP信息的参与者中，对表明PrEP负面态度的陈述表示认同的比例较低。提高PrEP意识以及知识和积极态度的干预措施可能有助于在艾滋病毒高流行社区增加PrEP的使用。
