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Prepared for PrEP: preferences for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among Chinese men who have sex with men in an online national survey.


ABSTRACT:

Background

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is not widely available in China. Previous studies reported low awareness and inconclusive findings on the acceptability of PrEP among Chinese men who have sex with men (MSM).

Methods

We conducted a secondary analysis of an online national survey comparing preferences for oral and long-acting injectable PrEP among MSM and identifying correlates of preferences. The study did not collect detailed information about partner types that may influence negotiated safety and PrEP uptake.

Results

Nine-hundred and seventy-nine men from the larger sample of 1045 men responded to the PrEP survey questions. Most men (81.9%) had never heard of PrEP, but reported interest in using PrEP. More participants chose injectable PrEP (36.3%) as their preferred formulation than oral PrEP (24.6%). Men who had at least two HIV tests (adjusted OR?=?1.36, 95%CI 1.04, 1.78) more commonly preferred injectable PrEP.

Conclusion

Our findings may help inform PrEP messaging in areas where PrEP has yet to be scaled up.

SUBMITTER: Huang W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6916236 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Prepared for PrEP: preferences for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among Chinese men who have sex with men in an online national survey.

Huang Wenting W   Wu Dan D   Ong Jason J JJ   Smith M Kumi MK   Pan Stephen S   Yang Fan F   Fu Hongyun H   Tang Weiming W   Tucker Joseph D JD  

BMC infectious diseases 20191216 1


<h4>Background</h4>Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is not widely available in China. Previous studies reported low awareness and inconclusive findings on the acceptability of PrEP among Chinese men who have sex with men (MSM).<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a secondary analysis of an online national survey comparing preferences for oral and long-acting injectable PrEP among MSM and identifying correlates of preferences. The study did not collect detailed information about partner types that may inf  ...[more]

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