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

Liping Peng, Wangnan Cao, Jing Gu, Chun Hao, Jibin Li, Dannuo Wei and Jinghua Li
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Liping Peng: School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, No.74, Zhongshan second road, Guangzhou 510080, China
Wangnan Cao: Department of Health Services, Policy and Practice, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Jing Gu: School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, No.74, Zhongshan second road, Guangzhou 510080, China
Chun Hao: School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, No.74, Zhongshan second road, Guangzhou 510080, China
Jibin Li: Department of Clinical Research, 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

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 14, 1-18

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.

Keywords: pre-exposure prophylaxis; men who have sex with men; HIV prevention; willingness; adherence; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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