Bridging the serodivide: attitudes of PrEP users towards sex partners living with HIV.
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| Title: | Bridging the serodivide: attitudes of PrEP users towards sex partners living with HIV. |
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| Authors: | Van Dijk, Mart, De Wit, John B. F., Guadamuz, Thomas E., Martinez, Joel E., Jonas, Kai J. |
| Source: | AIDS Care. Mar2022, Vol. 34 Issue 3, p349-352. 4p. 1 Chart. |
| Subjects: | HIV infections & psychology, HIV prevention, HIV-positive persons, Social stigma, HIV seroconversion, Patients' attitudes, Questionnaires, Preventive medicine, Condoms |
| Geographic Terms: | Netherlands |
| Abstract: | The introduction of biomedical HIV prevention methods, such as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), holds the potential to overcome the serodivide. We investigated the attitudes of PrEP users towards having sex with partners living with HIV. PrEP users in the Netherlands were recruited online and completed three questionnaires over a period of six months. We investigated changes over time in feelings of fear of HIV, comfort, and attitudes towards condom use when having sex with men living with HIV (MLHIV). A majority of PrEP users in our sample (up to 71.6%) had sex with MLHIV. Feeling comfortable to have sex with MLHIV did not change over time, but was already at a high level at T1. Most importantly, feeling safe not to use condoms with HIV-positive partners significantly increased, and did so in a rather short period of time after the onset of PrEP use (3-6 months). Taken together, the findings suggest that that PrEP may contribute to decreasing the serodivide between MSM rather quickly after the onset of PrEP use. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Abstract: | The introduction of biomedical HIV prevention methods, such as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), holds the potential to overcome the serodivide. We investigated the attitudes of PrEP users towards having sex with partners living with HIV. PrEP users in the Netherlands were recruited online and completed three questionnaires over a period of six months. We investigated changes over time in feelings of fear of HIV, comfort, and attitudes towards condom use when having sex with men living with HIV (MLHIV). A majority of PrEP users in our sample (up to 71.6%) had sex with MLHIV. Feeling comfortable to have sex with MLHIV did not change over time, but was already at a high level at T1. Most importantly, feeling safe not to use condoms with HIV-positive partners significantly increased, and did so in a rather short period of time after the onset of PrEP use (3-6 months). Taken together, the findings suggest that that PrEP may contribute to decreasing the serodivide between MSM rather quickly after the onset of PrEP use. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 09540121 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09540121.2021.1954588 |
