Title
The Role of Social Relationships in PrEP Uptake and Use Among Transgender Women and Men Who Have Sex with Men
Date Issued
01 November 2018
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Mehrotra M.L.
Rivet Amico K.
McMahan V.
Glidden D.V.
Defechereux P.
Grant R.M.
Publisher(s)
Springer New York LLC
Abstract
Qualitative studies suggest that social relationships play an important role in HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use, but there have been few quantitative assessments of the role of social relationships in PrEP uptake or adherence. We examined the association between disclosure of study participation or LGBT identity and PrEP use in the 1603 HIV-negative participants enrolled in the iPrEx OLE study. We also evaluated the association between LGBT social group involvement and PrEP use. Study participation disclosure to parents and LGBT identity disclosure to anyone in a participant’s social network were associated with greater PrEP uptake. Study participation disclosure to partners was associated with higher probability of having protective PrEP drug concentrations compared [risk difference 0.15 95% CI (0.01, 0.30)]. For each additional type of LGBT organization a participant was involved in, the probability of PrEP uptake and having protective drug concentrations increased by 0.04 [95% CI (0.03, 0.06)] and 0.04 (95% CI (0.02, 0.07)] respectively. Overall, social context was associated with PrEP use in iPrEx OLE, and should be taken into consideration when designing future PrEP implementation programs.
Start page
3673
End page
3680
Volume
22
Issue
11
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Salud pública, Salud ambiental Sociología Epidemiología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85046746640
PubMed ID
Source
AIDS and Behavior
ISSN of the container
10907165
Sponsor(s)
Funding The iPrEx Open Label Extension was sponsored by the NIH (NIAID UO1 AI064002, RO1 AI062333, and RO1 AI118575) with study medication donated by Gilead Sciences.
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