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Let Me Prep You to PREP Me: Amplifying the Voices of Black Women and Their Providers to Consider PrEP as an HIV Prevention Option

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  • Rasheeta Chandler

    (Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA)

  • Dominique Guillaume

    (Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
    School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA)

  • Jessica Wells

    (Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA)

  • Natalie Hernandez

    (Community Health and Preventative Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA)

Abstract

Despite the high efficacy of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in preventing HIV acquisition, PrEP uptake among Black cisgender women remains low. Our qualitative study assessed Black cisgender women’s perspectives, attitudes, and acceptability towards PrEP, in addition to exploring PrEP-related attitudes, facilitators, and barriers to PrEP access among health care staff. This study was conducted to ascertain data to inform the development of our HIV prevention app— Savvy HER —which is being designed for Black cisgender women. Our findings indicated that Black women had low levels of PrEP acceptability and high levels of misconceptions, inaccurate knowledge, and stigma towards PrEP. Health care providers in our sample confirmed barriers of stigma, misconceptions, and knowledge among their patients coupled with difficulty accessing PrEP due to structural barriers. Our study indicated that there is a critical need to heighten Black cisgender women’s PrEP knowledge and HIV risk perception in order to increase PrEP acceptability and uptake.

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  • Rasheeta Chandler & Dominique Guillaume & Jessica Wells & Natalie Hernandez, 2022. "Let Me Prep You to PREP Me: Amplifying the Voices of Black Women and Their Providers to Consider PrEP as an HIV Prevention Option," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(3), pages 1-12, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:3:p:1414-:d:735446
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    1. El-Bassel, N. & Caldeira, N.A. & Ruglass, L.M. & Gilbert, L., 2009. "Addressing the unique needs of African American women in HIV prevention," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 99(6), pages 996-1001.
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