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Continuing Low Awareness and Use of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV among People Who Inject Drugs (PWID), San Francisco, 2022.
- Source :
- AIDS & Behavior; Jun2024, Vol. 28 Issue 6, p2089-2100, 12p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Clinical trials provide evidence that pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) prevents HIV acquisition including through sharing of injection equipment among people who inject drugs (PWID). However, uptake among many populations at risk for HIV has been slow, particularly among PWID. We examined data from the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS) from San Francisco in 2022 to measure PrEP uptake and identify factors associated with PrEP awareness among PWID. Of 479 PWID with HIV-negative or unknown HIV status, 54.9% were aware of PrEP, 5.9% had discussed PrEP with a healthcare provider, and 1.5% had used PrEP in the past year. Lack of PrEP awareness was associated with being age 50 years and older (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 0.40, 95% CI 0.27–0.60), being men who have sex with women (vs. men who have sex with men, aOR 0.47, 95% CI 0.24–0.92), having a disability (aOR 0.58, 95% CI 0.35–0.95), using heroin as their most frequently injected drug (aOR 0.51, 95% CI, 0.34–0.78), not having tested for HIV, HCV, or an STD in the past year (aOR 0.43, 95% CI 0.28–0.64), and not having access to new sterile needles in the past year (aOR 0.28, 95%CI 0.08–1.00). We found negligible change in the awareness and uptake of PrEP among PWID since previously measured in NHBS in 2018. Low PrEP use among PWID may be addressed by increasing provider discussion of PrEP with their PWID patients and clients during routine care, expanding testing for injection-related infections among PWID, and integrating PrEP access into harm reduction programs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- HIV prevention
HEALTH literacy
HEALTH services accessibility
STATISTICAL models
RESEARCH funding
HUMAN sexuality
INTERVIEWING
QUESTIONNAIRES
FISHER exact test
MULTIPLE regression analysis
AGE distribution
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
CHI-squared test
PRE-exposure prophylaxis
ODDS ratio
MEN who have sex with men
HEROIN
HARM reduction
SURVEYS
SEX customs
METROPOLITAN areas
CONFIDENCE intervals
MEDICAL screening
DATA analysis software
INTRAVENOUS drug abusers
PSYCHOSOCIAL factors
PEOPLE with disabilities
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10907165
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- AIDS & Behavior
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 177742637
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-024-04308-z