Hugh Klein1, Thomas Alex Washington2. 1. Kensington Research Institute, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA. 2. California State University-Long Beach, Long Beach, California, USA.
Abstract
PURPOSE: This paper examines lack of interest in pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and lack of willingness to use PrEP information sources among men who have sex with men (MSM). METHODS: Demographic subgroups were compared via odds ratios in this purposive sample of 273 MSM. RESULTS: 29% were uninterested in learning more about PrEP. Lack of interest was most common among: already PrEP-aware, Caucasian, HIV-positive, aged 40+, well-educated men. Most sources of information about PrEP were deemed unacceptable. CONCLUSIONS: Fueling the lack of PrEP use among MSM are a lack of interest in PrEP and an unwillingness to utilize existing information resources.
PURPOSE: This paper examines lack of interest in pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and lack of willingness to use PrEP information sources among men who have sex with men (MSM). METHODS: Demographic subgroups were compared via odds ratios in this purposive sample of 273 MSM. RESULTS: 29% were uninterested in learning more about PrEP. Lack of interest was most common among: already PrEP-aware, Caucasian, HIV-positive, aged 40+, well-educated men. Most sources of information about PrEP were deemed unacceptable. CONCLUSIONS: Fueling the lack of PrEP use among MSM are a lack of interest in PrEP and an unwillingness to utilize existing information resources.
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Keywords:
gay men; lack of interest in PrEP; men who have sex with men (MSM); pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)
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