Serodiscordant partnerships and opportunities for pre-exposure prophylaxis among partners of women and men living with HIV in St. Petersburg, Russia.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the frequency of being partnered and having an HIV-negative partner, and whether this differed by gender, among a cohort of persons living with HIV (PLWH) who have ever injected drugs; to describe awareness of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and perceived partner interest in PrEP.

Setting

Secondary analyses of an observational cohort study of PLWH who have ever injected drugs in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Methods

Primary outcomes were 1) being partnered and 2) being in a serodiscordant partnership. The main independent variable was gender. Multivariable GEE logistic regression models were fit for binary outcomes, adjusted for age, income, education, and recent opioid use. Descriptive analyses were performed for partners' HIV status, substance us

SUBMITTER: Gnatienko N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6239322 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature