| Literature DB >> 30633661 |
Evelyn Olansky1, Gordon Mansergh2, Nicole Pitts1, Matthew J Mimiaga3, Damian J Denson2, Stewart Landers4, Jeremy Holman5, Jeffrey H Herbst2.
Abstract
We examined HIV conspiracy beliefs and PrEP awareness in a convenience sample of minority MSM. Participants in three cities completed a behavioral self-assessment on sociodemographics, PrEP awareness, and HIV/AIDS conspiracy beliefs. HIV/AIDS conspiracy beliefs were more common among Black than Latino MSM (58% vs. 42%, p < .05), and among younger men than older men (age 18-29 (50%), 30-39 (22%), 40+ (28%); p < .05). PrEP awareness co-occurred with conspiracy belief less (37%) than with non-belief (63%, p < .05), persisting in multivariable regression (aOR = 0.52, 95% CI = 0.38-0.71). This relationship suggests that current HIV care and prevention messaging is either inaccessible or not credible to some minority subpopulations.Entities:
Keywords: HIV; MSM; Minority; PrEP; conspiracy; medical mistrust; pre-exposure prophylaxis
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Year: 2019 PMID: 30633661 DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2018.1557953
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Homosex ISSN: 0091-8369