title: Preferences for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) information among men-who-have-sex-with-men (MSM) at community outreach settings.
abstract: Community outreach efforts to increase HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) utilization by at risk men-who-have-sex-with-men (MSM) first need to elucidate preferences for learning about PrEP and linking to PrEP resources. In this pilot study, we observed that among MSM recruited through community outreach, HIV sexual risk-taking was significant, yet self-perceived PrEP knowledge was low and interest in learning more about PrEP was moderate. Most preferred learning about PrEP and being provided local PrEP clinic information through electronic media. However, receipt of PrEP information alone did not appear to motivate these men into presenting to a local clinic for PrEP evaluation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI; Department of Epidemiology, Brown University, Providence, RI.
authors.forename: Roland C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Merchant
authors.affiliation: Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Corner
authors.affiliation: Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI.
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Garza
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics, Brown University, Providence, RI.
authors.forename: Wentao
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Guan
authors.affiliation: Fenway Institute, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Kenneth H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Mayer
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University, Providence, RI.
authors.forename: Larry
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Brown University, Providence, RI.
authors.forename: Philip A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Chan
keywords: HIV prevention; men who have sex with men (MSM); pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)