Department of Health Behavior, School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
Center for Health Equity and Evaluation Research, School of Public Health, Texas A&M University.
AIDS Educ Prev. 2023 Feb;35(1):85-99. doi: 10.1521/aeap.2023.35.1.85.
Although parents of sexual and gender minority (SGM) adolescents are key stakeholders in SGM adolescents using HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), there is limited understanding of parental concerns and attitudes about their SGM adolescents taking PrEP. Fifty-four parents in the West South Central region of the U.S. completed an online, mixed-method, cross-sectional questionnaire to explore their concerns and questions about PrEP. Quantitative and qualitative results show that participants were more concerned about side effects, drug interactions, (non)adherence, and eligibility and duration of PrEP. Parents are less worried about picking PrEP from a pharmacy or returning to follow-up lab testing every three months. Most parents reported receiving medication information their adolescent takes from a medical provider and the media. Findings from this study can inform the development of parent-based PrEP interventions. Without further parent-based research and programming, SGM adolescents may continue to be disproportionately affected by HIV.
尽管性少数群体（SGM）青少年的父母是他们使用艾滋病毒暴露前预防（PrEP）的重要利益相关者，但对于父母对其 SGM 青少年服用 PrEP 的关注和态度的了解有限。美国中南部地区的 54 位父母完成了一项在线混合方法横断面问卷调查，以探讨他们对 PrEP 的关注和疑问。定量和定性结果表明，参与者更担心副作用、药物相互作用、（不）依从性、PrEP 的资格和持续时间。父母对从药店取药或每三个月返回进行后续实验室检测的担忧较少。大多数父母表示从医疗提供者和媒体处获得他们的青少年所服用药物的信息。这项研究的结果可以为基于父母的 PrEP 干预措施的制定提供信息。如果没有进一步的基于父母的研究和计划，SGM 青少年可能会继续不成比例地受到 HIV 的影响。
