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. 2019 Oct;23(10):2706-2709.
doi: 10.1007/s10461-019-02462-3.

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Awareness Among Men Who have Sex with Men

Julia Raifman  1 , Lorraine T Dean  2 , Madeline C Montgomery  3   4 , Alexi Almonte  3 , Renata Arrington-Sanders  5 , Michael D Stein  1 , Amy S Nunn  4 , Collette D Sosnowy  3 , Philip A Chan  6
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Awareness Among Men Who have Sex with Men

Julia Raifman et al. AIDS Behav. 2019 Oct.

Abstract

Racial and ethnic disparities exist in HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) awareness and care. We evaluated how racial and ethnic disparities in PrEP awareness among MSM presenting to a sexually transmitted disease clinic changed from 2013 to 2016. Among 1243 MSM (68% non-Hispanic White, 22% Hispanic, and 10% non-Hispanic Black), PrEP awareness increased overall, but awareness was lower among Hispanic and non-Hispanic Black MSM relative to non-Hispanic White MSM. Awareness converged among non-Hispanic Black and White MSM by 2016, but remained consistently lower among Hispanic MSM. Improved efforts are needed to address disparities in PrEP awareness.

Keywords: Black; Disparities; HIV; Hispanic; Men who have sex with men (MSM); Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).

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Conflicts of Interest: JR declares that she has no conflicts of interest. LTD declares that she has no conflicts of interest. MCM declares that she has no conflicts of interest. AA declares that he has no conflicts of interest. RA declares that she has no conflicts of interest. MDS declares that he has no conflicts of interest. ASN declares that she has no conflicts of interest. CDS declares that she has no conflicts of interest. PAC declares that he has no conflicts of interest.

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