Black Cisgender Women's PrEP Knowledge, Attitudes, Preferences, and Experience in Chicago.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although black cisgender women in Chicago continue to disproportionally account for new HIV diagnoses, few are on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). We used concurrent mixed-methods to understand women's PrEP knowledge, attitudes, experience, and preferences in Chicago.

Setting and methods

We surveyed 370 HIV(-) cisgender women visiting a sexually transmitted infection clinic (n = 120) or emergency department (n = 250). Two focus groups were conducted with PrEP-naive women, and interviews were conducted with 7 PrEP-experienced women. Quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and multivariable logistic regression, and qualitative data using thematic analysis.

Results

Majority of women identified as black (83.0%) and had a regular source of h

SUBMITTER: Hirschhorn LR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7378883 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature