HIV testing and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use, familiarity, and attitudes among gay and bisexual men in the United States: A national probability sample of three birth cohorts.

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Autor/Urheber	Hammack, Phillip L; Meyer, Ilan H; Krueger, Evan A; Lightfoot, Marguerita; Frost, David M
Institution	eScholarship, University of California
Titel	HIV testing and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use, familiarity, and attitudes among gay and bisexual men in the United States: A national probability sample of three birth cohorts.
Quelle	In: qt88p2s5w9; Hammack, Phillip L; Meyer, Ilan H; Krueger, Evan A; Lightfoot, Marguerita; & Frost, David M. (2018). HIV testing and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use, familiarity, and attitudes among gay and bisexual men in the United States: A national probability sample of three birth cohorts. PLOS ONE, 13(9), e0202806. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0202806. UC Office of the President: Research Grants Program Office (RGPO). Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/88p2s5w9(2018) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Humans; HIV Infections; Probability; Cohort Studies; Health Knowledge; Attitudes; Practice; Homosexuality; Male; Adolescent; Adult; Middle Aged; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Young Adult; Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis; Sexual and Gender Minorities; MD Multidisciplinary; General Science & Technology
Abstract	This study examined HIV testing and use, familiarity, and attitudes toward pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among HIV-negative gay and bisexual men in the United States. A national probability sample (N = 470) of three age cohorts (18-25, 34-41, and 52-59 years) completed a survey between March, 2016 and March, 2017. Most men did not meet CDC recommendations for HIV testing, and 25.2% of men in the younger cohort had never tested. Only 4.1% used PrEP across cohorts. Visiting an LGBT clinic and searching for LGBT resources online were associated with PrEP use. Men in the middle cohort were more familiar with PrEP (79%) than men in the younger (52%) and older (57%) cohorts. Bisexual and non-urban men were less familiar with PrEP. Attitudes were positive among most men (68.4%) familiar with PrEP. Findings suggest that most men potentially at risk for HIV do not meet CDC guidelines for testing, and PrEP use continues to be minimal. Efforts to educate gay and bisexual men about HIV risk and prevention need to be reinvigorated and expanded to include non-gay-identified and non-urban men.
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