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dc.contributor.authorAdedotun Ogunbajo, Augustine Kang, Sylvia Shangani, Ryan M Wade, Daniel P Onyango, Wilson W Odero, Gary W Harper
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-07T11:25:35Z
dc.date.available2020-08-07T11:25:35Z
dc.date.issued2019-10-03
dc.identifier.citation3en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.maseno.ac.ke/handle/123456789/1900
dc.descriptionThe article can also be accessed via URL;https://www.tandfonline.com. Access provided by Maseno University.en_US
dc.description.abstractKenyan gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) are significantly affected by HIV. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is an effective biomedical approach to HIV prevention. We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 459 HIV-negative Kenyan GBMSM to assess individual and interpersonal correlates of PrEP awareness/acceptability using univariate and hierarchical logistic regression modeling. We found that 64.3% of participants had heard of PrEP and 44.9% were willing to use PrEP. In hierarchical logistic regression models for PrEP awareness, condom use with regular partners, higher condom use self-efficacy, higher perceived ability to use PrEP, history of STI, and membership in LGBT organization were significantly associated with being aware of PrEP (χ2 = 69.6, p < .001). In hierarchical logistic regression models for PrEP acceptability, higher self-esteem, higher condom use self-efficacy, depression/anxiety, higher perceived ability to use PrEP, willingness to engage in PrEP follow-up visits, coercion at sexual debut, and family exclusion were significantly associated with being acceptable to PrEP (χ2 = 231.8, p < .001). Individual and interpersonal factors were significantly associated with PrEP awareness and acceptability. Our findings underscore the need to promote awareness and understanding of PrEP as an effective HIV prevention tool in combination with other safer-sex methods that are appropriate given an individual’s personal circumstances.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by the University of Michigan School of Public Health Office of Global Health; African Studies Center’s African Social Research Initiative at the University of Michigan. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation under the Health Policy Research Program. This work was also supported by National Institute on Drug Abuse [grant number DA047216], National Institute of Mental Health [grant number MH083620].en_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_US
dc.subject: Kenya, Pre-exposure Prophylaxis, Awareness, Acceptability, HIV prevention, GBMSMen_US
dc.titleAwareness and Acceptability of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) in Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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