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Willingness to Use and Adhere to HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in China

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  • Liping Peng

    (School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, No.74, Zhongshan second road, Guangzhou 510080, China
    They contributed equally to the research.)

  • Wangnan Cao

    (Department of Health Services, Policy and Practice, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
    They contributed equally to the research.)

  • Jing Gu

    (School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, No.74, Zhongshan second road, Guangzhou 510080, China
    Sun Yat-sen Global Health Institute, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China)

  • Chun Hao

    (School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, No.74, Zhongshan second road, Guangzhou 510080, China
    Sun Yat-sen Global Health Institute, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China)

  • Jibin Li

    (Department of Clinical Research, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China
    State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China
    Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China)

  • Dannuo Wei

    (School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, No.74, Zhongshan second road, Guangzhou 510080, China)

  • Jinghua Li

    (School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, No.74, Zhongshan second road, Guangzhou 510080, China
    Sun Yat-sen Global Health Institute, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China)

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the levels of willingness to use pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and intention to adhere to PrEP and to further explore factors associated with PrEP uptake among men who have sex with men (MSM) in China. A total of 524 MSM were recruited from Chengdu, China. Half of the participants had heard of PrEP, and the awareness rate varied from 33.8%, 30.7%, and 7.1% for daily oral PrEP, on-demand PrEP, and long-acting injectable PrEP (LAI-PrEP), respectively. The overall willingness to use any type of PrEP in the next six months was 84.9% if PrEP is effective and provided for free. Participants were less likely to say that they would use PrEP if they used a condom consistently with their regular partners. However, participants were more likely to say that they would use PrEP if they had casual partners in the past month and had higher HIV prevention literacy. The majority of participants intended to adhere to PrEP prescription. More than forty percent (43.1%) of the participants reported that they might reduce condom use if they took PrEP. We found that the overall willingness to use PrEP was high among MSM living in China, but willingness varied across the different types of PrEP.

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  • Liping Peng & Wangnan Cao & Jing Gu & Chun Hao & Jibin Li & Dannuo Wei & Jinghua Li, 2019. "Willingness to Use and Adhere to HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(14), pages 1-18, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:16:y:2019:i:14:p:2620-:d:250764
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    1. Lingmi Zhou & Sawitri Assanangkornchai & Zhaohui Shi & Fusheng Jiang & Dong Yang & Wuxiang Shi, 2022. "Acceptability of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis and Non-Occupational Post-Exposure Prophylaxis among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Guilin, China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(6), pages 1-14, March.
    2. Stuart Gilmour & Phuong Le Mai & Phuong Nguyen & Bibha Dhungel & Maki Tomizawa & Huy Nguyen, 2020. "Progress towards Health for All: Time to End Discrimination and Marginalization," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(5), pages 1-5, March.

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