Will I? Won't I? Why do men who have sex with men present for post-exposure prophylaxis for sexual exposures?
Author(s) -
Charlie Sayer,
Martin Fisher,
Eileen Nixon,
Kate Nambiar,
Daniel Richardson,
Nicky Perry,
Carrie Llewellyn
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
sexually transmitted infections
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.893
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1472-3263
pISSN - 1368-4973
DOI - 10.1136/sti.2008.033662
Subject(s) - medicine , men who have sex with men , respondent , public health , risk perception , seroconversion , sex partners , demography , perception , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , family medicine , condom , psychology , nursing , syphilis , neuroscience , sociology , political science , law
Failures of post-exposure prophylaxis following sexual exposure (PEPSE) to prevent seroconversion have been reported and are often associated with ongoing risk exposure. Understanding why men who have sex with men (MSM) access PEPSE on some occasions and not others may lead to more effective health promotion and disease prevention strategies
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