ArticlePloS one2012
Willingness to accept HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among Chinese men who have sex with men.
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56 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Barriers and facilitators to engagement with the PrEP care continuum among sexual minority men in China: a systematic review.Sexual health · 2025Pooled it
- Awareness and willingness to use HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among men who have sex with men in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2017Pooled it
- Evaluation of a Digital Intervention for Monitoring and Improving Medication Adherence Among Real-World e-Consumers of HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis in China: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
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- Preference for HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Access Among Men who Have Sex With Men in China: A Discrete Choice Experiment.Open forum infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Determinants of Willingness to Use PrEP Among Gay and Bisexual Men in China Before Implementation: A Structural Equation Modeling Assessment.AIDS and behavior · 2023Article
- Multi-dimensional mismatch and barriers for promoting PrEP among men who have sex with men in China: a cross sectional survey from the Demand-side.AIDS research and therapy · 2023Article
- Awareness and use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and factors associated with awareness among MSM in Beijing, China.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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- Socio-behavioral correlates of pre-exposure prophylaxis use and correct adherence in men who have sex with men in West Africa.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Acceptability of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis and Non-Occupational Post-Exposure Prophylaxis among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Guilin, China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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- Willingness to use HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and associated factors among men who have sex with men in Liuzhou, China.AIDS research and therapy · 2021Article
- Factors Influencing Clinicians' Willingness to Prescribe Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for Persons at High Risk of HIV in China: Cross-sectional Online Survey Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2021Article
- Awareness of and Preferences for Preexposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) among MSM at High Risk of HIV Infection in Southern China: Findings from the T2T Study.BioMed research international · 2021Article
- Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV Prevention Among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM): A Scoping Review on PrEP Service Delivery and Programming.AIDS and behavior · 2020Article
- Acceptability of pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention: facilitators, barriers and impact on sexual risk behaviors among men who have sex with men in Benin.BMC public health · 2020Article
- Low willingness to pay for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among men who have sex with men (MSM) in China.BMC public health · 2020Article
- Knowledge and Acceptability of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Ghana.AIDS care · 2020Article
- Prepared for PrEP: preferences for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among Chinese men who have sex with men in an online national survey.BMC infectious diseases · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveWe investigated the awareness and acceptability of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among men who have sex with men (MSM) and potential predicting factors.
methodsThis study was conducted among MSM in Beijing, China. Study participants, randomly selected from an MSM cohort, completed a structured questionnaire, and provided their blood samples to test for HIV infection and syphilis. Univariate logistic regression analyses were performed to evaluate the factors associated with willingness to accept (WTA) PrEP. Factors independently associated with willingness to accept were identified by entering variables into stepwise logistic regression analysis.
resultsA total of 152 MSM completed the survey; 11.2% had ever heard of PrEP and 67.8% were willing to accept it. Univariate analysis showed that age, years of education, consistent condom use in the past 6 months, heterosexual behavior in the past 6 months, having ever heard of PrEP and the side effects of antiretroviral drugs, and worry about antiretroviral drugs cost were significantly associated with willingness to accept PrEP. In the multivariate logistic regression model, only consistent condom use in the past 6 months (odds ratio [OR]: 0.31; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.13-0.70) and having ever heard of the side effects of antiretroviral drugs (OR: 0.30; 95% CI: 0.14-0.67) were independently associated with willingness to accept PrEP.
conclusionsThe awareness of PrEP in the MSM population was low. Sexual behavioral characteristics and knowledge about ART drugs may have effects on willingness to accept PrEP. Comprehensive prevention strategies should be recommended in the MSM community.
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