Open AccessHIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Uptake Among Gay and Bisexual Men in Australia and Factors Associated With the Nonuse of PrEP Among Eligible Men: Results From a Prospective Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Mohamed Hammoud,
Stefanie Vaccher,
Fengyi Jin,
Adam Bourne,
Lisa Maher,
Martin Holt,
Benjamin R. Bavinton,
Bridget Haire,
Louisa Degenhardt,
Andrew E. Grulich,
Garrett Prestage
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0000000000002047
Subject(s) - pre exposure prophylaxis , medicine , men who have sex with men , demography , poisson regression , incidence (geometry) , logistic regression , cohort , prospective cohort study , anal intercourse , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , young adult , family medicine , gerontology , population , environmental health , physics , syphilis , sociology , optics
HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a highly effective biomedical HIV prevention strategy, yet some gay and bisexual men (GBM) who are eligible to access PrEP are not using it. We report the incidence of PrEP uptake, factors predicting its initiation, and identify characteristics associated with nonuptake of PrEP among Australian GBM who meet the eligibility criteria.