HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis at Two Urban Obstetrics/Gynecology Clinics in Buffalo: Awareness and Attitudes Among Non-Hispanic Black vs. Latinx Patients

Purpose Non-Hispanic Black and Latinx women are disproportionately affected by HIV when compared to the general population. This study evaluated awareness of and attitude towards PrEP, self-perceived HIV infection risk, and factors constituting high-risk behavior for HIV infection at two general OB/...

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Published in:Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities 2023-10, Vol.10 (5), p.2294-2301
Main Authors: Kurek, Tamara, Picillo, Ellen, Shelton, James, Griffith, Suzanne, DeNagy, Joseph
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African Americans
Age
Attitudes
Black people
Clinics
Disease prevention
Drug use
Epidemiology
Ethnicity
Gonorrhea
Gynecology
Health disparities
Health risks
Heterosexuality
High risk
Hispanic Americans
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
Infections
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Obstetrics
Population studies
Poverty
Prophylaxis
Quality of Life Research
Risk behavior
Risk groups
Risk perception
Risk taking
Sexual orientation
Sexually transmitted diseases
Social Inequality
Social Structure
STD
Syphilis
Vagina
White people
Women
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Summary:Purpose Non-Hispanic Black and Latinx women are disproportionately affected by HIV when compared to the general population. This study evaluated awareness of and attitude towards PrEP, self-perceived HIV infection risk, and factors constituting high-risk behavior for HIV infection at two general OB/GYN clinics in Erie County, which exhibited a 31.6% increase in HIV cases from 2019 to 2020. Methods One thousand twenty-five self-administered surveys were analyzed. Results Of participants, 69.3% were non-Hispanic Black, 13.4% were Latinx, and 22.4% were White. There was no significant difference in awareness of or attitude toward PrEP between non-Hispanic Black and Latinx participants ( p  = 0.197, p  = 0.467). Latinx participants exhibited the lowest awareness of PrEP compared with non-Hispanic Black and White participants ( p  = 0.002). Conclusions In our high-risk group, most participants had low self-perceived risk of HIV infection and low awareness of PrEP, and most were unwilling or unsure as to whether they would take PrEP. This calls attention to a need for improved counseling regarding PrEP and what constitutes risk of HIV infection at our general OB/GYN clinics, with a potential focus on Latinx individuals.
ISSN:2197-3792
2196-8837
DOI:10.1007/s40615-022-01408-1