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Awareness and Perceived Effectiveness of HIV Treatment as Prevention Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in New York City.
- Source :
- AIDS & Behavior; Jul2019, Vol. 23 Issue 7, p1974-1983, 10p, 3 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- To assess perceptions of HIV treatment as prevention (TasP), we conducted an online survey of MSM in New York City (n = 732) asking them to rate the effectiveness of different strategies to reduce HIV risk during serodiscordant condomless anal sex between men. Only 6.1% reported not knowing what TasP was, with significantly less awareness among non-gay-identified MSM, men with less education, men who reported fewer anal sex partners in the prior 3 months, and HIV-negative/unaware men who had never used PrEP. The strategy most frequently perceived to offer "a lot" or "complete" protection from HIV was daily PrEP (70.0%), followed by TasP (39.1%), intermittent PrEP (16.6%), strategic positioning (15.8%), and withdrawal before ejaculation (10.8%). Men who were HIV positive, who had ever used PrEP, and who identified as gay/homosexual were significantly more likely to see TasP as effective. Further studies should investigate MSM's apparent skepticism towards TasP. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10907165
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- AIDS & Behavior
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 137001130
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-019-02405-y