Open AccessLow Knowledge of HIV PrEP Within a Midwestern US Cohort of Persons who Inject Drugs
Author(s) -
Sena Sayood,
Laura R. Marks,
Rupa Patel,
Nathanial S Nolan,
Stephen Y. Liang,
Michael J. Durkin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
open forum infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2328-8957
DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofab541
Subject(s) - medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , cohort , family medicine , pre exposure prophylaxis , gerontology , men who have sex with men , syphilis
We interviewed persons who inject drugs (PWID) to understand perceptions of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV infection. Knowledge of PrEP was poor. Patients felt that PrEP was for sexual intercourse rather than injection drug use, and PWID managed on medications for opioid use disorder felt that they had no need for PrEP.
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