Adaptation and psychometric evaluation of a scale to measure oral pre-exposure prophylaxis-related stigma among key and vulnerable populations in Kenya.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

As oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) services scale up throughout sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), clients continue to face challenges with sustained PrEP use. PrEP-related stigma has been shown to influence engagement throughout the HIV PrEP care continuum throughout SSA. Validated quantitative measures of PrEP-related stigma in SSA are of critical importance to better understand its impacts at each stage of the HIV PrEP care continuum. This study aimed to psychometrically evaluate a PrEP-related stigma scale for use among key and vulnerable populations in the context of a Kenya national PrEP programme.

Methods

As part of a larger prospective cohort study nested within Kenya's Jilinde programme, this study used baseline data collected from 1135 participants between

SUBMITTER: Atkins K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9274213 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature