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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4458-6934
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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8034-5110
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Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2019
College/Unit
School of Medicine
Department/Program/Center
Medicine
Abstract
Introduction
Limited data exist on acceptability of candidate pre‐exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) regimens among US women. We evaluated PrEP experiences, attitudes and future use intentions among sexually active women who completed the US‐based HIV Prevention Trials Network 069/AIDS Clinical Trials Group 5305 study.
Methods
Women participated in the study between March 2013 and November 2015. We analysed computer‐assisted self‐interview (CASI) surveys among 130 women and conducted in‐depth interviews among a subset of 26 women from three sites. Interviews were conducted in mid/late‐2015.
Results
Most women (57%) reported very good/excellent PrEP adherence on CASI, although 21% acknowledged over‐reporting adherence at least some of the time. Commitment to preventing HIV infection, a sense of ownership of the study, and keeping pills stored in a visible location facilitated adherence. Adherence barriers included “simply forgetting” and being away from home. Most women interviewed did not intend to use PrEP in the future because of lack of perceived need due to their own (as opposed to their partners’) low‐risk behaviour and concerns about affordability – but not because of side effects or other characteristics of the regimens.
Conclusions
Improving HIV prevention options for US women will require access to affordable PrEP as well as expanding women's understanding of relationship‐ and community‐level factors that increase their risk of acquiring HIV.
Digital Commons Citation
Amico, K Rivet; Ramirez, Catalina; Caplan, Margaret R.; Montgomery, Brooke E E; Stewart, Jennifer; Hodder, Sally; Swaminathan, Shobha; Wang, Jing; Darden-Tabb, Noshima Y.; McCauley, Marybeth; Mayer, Kenneth H.; Wilkin, Timothy; Landovitz, Raphael J.; Gulick, Roy; and Adimora, Adaora A., "Perspectives of US women participating in a candidate PrEP study: adherence, acceptability and future use intentions" (2019). Faculty & Staff Scholarship. 2315.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/faculty_publications/2315
Source Citation
Amico, K. R., Ramirez, C., Caplan, M. R., Montgomery, B. E., Stewart, J., Hodder, S., Swaminathan, S., Wang, J., Darden‐Tabb, N. Y., McCauley, M., Mayer, K. H., Wilkin, T., Landovitz, R. J., Gulick, R., & Adimora, A. A. (2019). Perspectives of US women participating in a candidate PrEP study: adherence, acceptability and future use intentions. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 22(3), e25247. https://doi.org/10.1002/jia2.25247
Comments
© 2019 The Authors. Journal of the International AIDS Society published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of the International AIDS Society. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.