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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Spinelli, Matthew A
• Laborde, Nicole
• Kinley, Patrick
• Whitacre, Ryan
• Scott, Hyman M
• Walker, Nicole
• Liu, Albert Y
• Gandhi, Monica
• Buchbinder, Susan P

Titel

The importance of PrEP persistence in preventing HIV infections on PrEP

Ist Teil von

• Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2020-08, Vol.23 (8), p.e25578-n/a

Ort / Verlag

Switzerland: International AIDS Society

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

Quelle

Wiley-Blackwell Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Participants in this analysis did not report stigma related to being a man who has sex with men (MSM) as a factor in their PrEP gaps, but two participants discussed stigma related to the image of PrEP as a medication for people with multiple sexual partners, and at least one participant feared disclosure of her PrEP use to her partner as she felt it might imply she had outside partners [ 6]. In an analysis within another integrated health system in Northern California, barriers to PrEP use among those who were aware of PrEP prior to HIV diagnosis but never started it included: cost/insurance issues, perceived low risk for HIV acquisition and concerns about being stigmatized if they used PrEP [ 9]. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We acknowledge Anne Hirozawa and Hali Hammer from the San Francisco Department of Public Health for programmatic support, and Miranda Nordell and James Wendelborn for performing direct outreach to PrEP users.