Open AccessStructural Barriers to Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Use Among Young Sexual Minority Men: The P18 Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Jessica Jaiswal,
Marybec Griffin,
Stuart N. Singer,
Richard E. Greene,
Ingrid Lizette Zambrano Acosta,
Saara K. Kaudeyr,
Farzana Kapadia,
Perry N. Halkitis
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
current hiv research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.561
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1873-4251
pISSN - 1570-162X
DOI - 10.2174/1570162x16666180730144455
Subject(s) - pre exposure prophylaxis , sexual minority , stigma (botany) , medicine , cohort , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , ethnic group , men who have sex with men , population , family medicine , health care , reproductive health , demography , gerontology , psychology , sexual orientation , psychiatry , environmental health , social psychology , syphilis , sociology , anthropology , economics , economic growth
Despite decreasing rates of HIV among many populations, HIV-related health disparities among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men persist, with disproportional percentages of new HIV diagnoses among racial and ethnic minority men. Despite increasing awareness of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), PrEP use remains low. In addition to exploring individual-level factors for this slow uptake, structural drivers of PrEP use must also be identified in order to maximize the effectiveness of biomedical HIV prevention strategies.