Using PrEP to #STOPHIVATL: Findings from a Cross-Sectional Survey Among Gay Men and Transgender Women Participating in Gay Pride Events in Atlanta, Georgia, 2018.

ABSTRACT: Assessing pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) coverage and identifying reasons for disproportionate uptake among the varied social and cultural sub-groups of men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women who have sex with men (TWSM) are necessary precursors to setting attainable local PrEP. We report on findings of a cross-sectional survey among MSM/TWSM attending Gay pride events in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2018. Associations between PrEP awareness, uptake, and respondent characteristics were assessed using logistic regression. PrEP awareness did not differ by race, but current use was significantly lower among Blacks at substantial risk of HIV (p = .008). In multivariate analysis, clinician encounter in the past year was associated with awareness while age, income, drug use, sero-discord

SUBMITTER: Onwubiko U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10287502 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature