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HIV Treatment Cascade and PrEP Care Continuum Among Serodiscordant Male Couples in the United States
- Source :
- AIDS and Behavior. 25:3563-3573
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021.
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Abstract
- A large proportion of HIV infections among men who have sex with men occur within primary partnerships, however, there is a lack of research focused on serodiscordant male couples. We used baseline data collected as part of Project Stronger Together-a randomized controlled trial to improve treatment outcomes among 155 serodiscordant male couples. We described engagement in HIV care/prevention using the HIV treatment cascade and PrEP care continuum. Among partners living with HIV, 86.5% were linked to care, 77.4% retained in care, 81.3% prescribed ART, 60.7% adherent, and 67.7%virally suppressed. Among HIV-negative partners, 62.6% were willing to take PrEP, 48.4% had ever taken PrEP, and 26.5% were adherent to PrEP. Black partners living with HIV had lower odds of being virally suppressed compared to White partners. Our findings provide evidence to suggest designing programs to address the racial disparities in viral suppression, addressing barriers to HIV prevention/treatment, and improving PrEP education.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Social Psychology
business.industry
Public health
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Care Continuum
law.invention
Men who have sex with men
Pre-exposure prophylaxis
Health psychology
Infectious Diseases
Randomized controlled trial
law
Family medicine
Serodiscordant
Medicine
Hiv treatment
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15733254 and 10907165
- Volume :
- 25
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- AIDS and Behavior
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........e69372c23b1640ffebd9612559eadbf4