Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Disparities in Awareness of Preexposure Prophylaxis Among HIV-Negative Heterosexually Active Adults at Increased Risk for HIV Infection — 23 Urban Areas, U.S. 2019

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Baugher, Amy R. ; Trujillo, Lindsay ; Kanny, Dafna ; Freeman, Jincong Q. ; Hickey, Terence ; Sionean, Catlainn ; Respress, Ebony ; Bardales, Johanna Chapin ; Marcus, Ruthanne ; Finlayson, Teresa ; Wejnert, Cyprian ; Ma, Yingbo ; Santacruz, Hugo ; Sey, Ekow Kwa ; Bente, Adam ; Flynn, Anna ; Williams, Sheryl ; McFarland, Willi ; Miller, Desmond ; Veloso, Danielle ; Al-Tayyib, Alia ; Shodell, Daniel ; Kuo, Irene ; Opoku, Jenevieve ; Faraldo, Monica ; Forrest, David ; Spencer, Emma ; Melton, David ; Todd, Jeff ; Wortley, Pascale ; Jimenez, Antonio D. ; Kern, David ; Tabidze, Irina ; Barak, Narquis ; Chavez, Jacob ; Robinson, William T. ; Flynn, Colin ; German, Danielle ; Klevens, Monina ; O’Cleirigh, Conall ; Onofrey, Shauna ; Griffin, Vivian ; Higgins, Emily ; Sanger, Corrine ; Ibrahim, Abdel R. ; Rosmarin-DeStafano, Corey ; Wogayehu, Afework ; Abrego, Meaghan ; Anderson, Bridget J. ; Tate, Ashley ; Braunstein, Sarah ; Carrillo, Sidney ; Rivera, Alexis ; Lipira, Lauren ; Menza, Timothy W. ; Orellana, E. Roberto ; Nassau, Tanner ; Shinefeld, Jennifer ; Brady, Kathleen A. ; Miranda De León, Sandra ; Martínez, María Pabón ; Rolón-Colón, Yadira ; Brantley, Meredith ; Kent, Monica ; Marr, Jack ; Deng, Jie ; Vaaler, Margaret ; Khuwaja, Salma ; Lopez, Zaida ; Padgett, Paige ; Kienzle, Jennifer ; Reid, Toyah ; Smith, Brandie ; Glick, Sara ; Jaenicke, Tom ; Reuer, Jennifer
• Corporate Authors:
  National HIV Behavioral Surveillance Study Group
• Description:
  In 2019, heterosexual sex accounted for 23% of new HIV diagnoses in the U.S. and six dependent areas (1). Although preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) can safely reduce the risk for HIV infection among heterosexual persons, this group is underrepresented in PrEP research (2). CDC analyzed National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS) data to describe PrEP awareness among heterosexually active adults in cities with high HIV prevalence. Overall, although 32.3% of heterosexually active adults who were eligible were aware of PrEP, <1% used PrEP. Racial, ethnic, and gender disparities were identified, with the lowest awareness of PrEP among residents of Puerto Rico (5.8%) and Hispanic or Latino (Hispanic) men (19.5%) and women (17.6%). Previous studies have found that heterosexual adults are interested in taking PrEP when they are aware of it (3); tailoring PrEP messaging, including Spanish-language messaging, to heterosexual adults, might increase PrEP awareness and mitigate disparities in use.
• Subjects:
  Adult Cities Female Healthcare Disparities Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Heterosexuality HIV Infections Humans Male Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Race Factors Risk Assessment Sex Factors Urban Population

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• Source:
  MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 70(47):1635-1639
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/MMWRmm7047a3
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  34818317
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8612510
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  5 pdf pages
• Volume:
  70
• Issue:
  47
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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