Demographic, Behavioral, and Geographic Differences Between Men, Transmen, and Transwomen Currently on PrEP, Former PrEP Users, and Those Having Never Used PrEP

Drew A. Westmoreland; David W. Pantalone; Viraj V. Patel; Donald Hoover; Denis Nash; Christian Grov

doi:10.1007/s10461-019-02722-2

Demographic, Behavioral, and Geographic Differences Between Men, Transmen, and Transwomen Currently on PrEP, Former PrEP Users, and Those Having Never Used PrEP

Drew A. Westmoreland
, David W. Pantalone
, Viraj V. Patel
, Donald Hoover
, Denis Nash
, Christian Grov

CLA - Dean's Office

City University of New York
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick

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Abstract

Many recent studies have compared men currently taking pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to men not taking PrEP. However, less is known about demographic, behavioral, and geographic characteristics of men formerly, but not currently, taking PrEP. Using a 2017–2018 U.S. national, internet-based sample (n = 10,504) of men, transmen, and transwomen who have sex with men, we compared three groups based on their PrEP experiences. Results highlight individual-level financial and geo-contextual barriers to PrEP use that can inform prevention efforts to improve PrEP initiation and continuation for both PrEP-naïve and PrEP-experienced individuals, respectively.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1304-1311
Number of pages	8
Journal	AIDS and Behavior
Volume	24
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-019-02722-2
State	Published - May 1 2020

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Social Psychology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infectious Diseases

Keywords

Demographic characteristics
Gay and bisexual men
Pre-exposure prophylaxis, PrEP
Sexual behavior

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