ArticleArchives of sexual behavior2018
Temporal Fluctuations in Behavior, Perceived HIV Risk, and Willingness to Use Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP).
Article in Archives of sexual behavior, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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38 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 65 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis of Factors Affecting Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Willingness Among Black Women for HIV Prevention.AIDS and behavior · 2025Pooled it
- PrEPare for Work: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of an Intervention to Optimize HIV PrEP Outcomes Among Male Sex Workers.AIDS and behavior · 2023Trial
- Applying the Transtheoretical Model and the Motivating PrEP Cascade to Better Understand the Correlates of Preexposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Readiness Among Cisgender Black Women: A Correlational Study.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Exploring the Interest and Intention to Use Long-Acting Injectable PrEP (LAI-PrEP) Among Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men (GBMSM) in the Netherlands.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Awareness, Acceptance, and Uptake of HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in Northwestern China: A Cross-Sectional Study.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Population characteristics, PrEP eligibility, and trust in family planning providers among women accessing public family planning clinics in Kenya.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Barriers and Facilitators to PrEP Adherence among Transgender and Non-binary Individuals: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Psychosocial Factors and Health Belief Model Constructs.AIDS and behavior · 2025Article
- Psychosocial Profiles of Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) Influencing PrEP Acceptability: A Latent Profile Analysis.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Understanding Preferences for Visualized New and Future HIV Prevention Products Among Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men in the Southern United States: A Mixed-Methods Study.Journal of homosexuality · 2025Article
- Preferences for HIV preexposure prophylaxis care among gay, bisexual, and other MSM: a large discrete choice experiment.AIDS (London, England) · 2025Article
- Predicting PrEP acceptability and self-efficacy among men who have sex with men in the UK: The roles of identity resilience, science mistrust, and stigma.HIV medicine · 2025Article
- Factors Associated with HIV Risk Perception Among Cisgender Female Sex Workers in Brazil.Archives of sexual behavior · 2025Article
- Examining the Effects of PrEP Use on Sexual Behaviors and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Chinese Men who have Sex with Men: A Cross-Sectional Study.AIDS and behavior · 2024Article
- A Scripted, PrEP-Using Peer Change Agent Improves Perceived Risk for HIV and Willingness to Accept Referrals Quickly Among Black Sexual Minority Men: Preliminary Findings from POSSIBLE.AIDS and behavior · 2024Article
- Low Self-Perceived Need for PrEP and Behavioral Indications of MSM Who Recently Refused Daily PrEP: A Mixed Methods Study in Three U.S. Cities.AIDS and behavior · 2024Article
- Association of Partnership-Level Methamphetamine Use on Inconsistent PrEP Care Engagement Among GBMSM in Los Angeles County.AIDS and behavior · 2024Article
- Awareness and openness to the use of PrEP among a nationally representative sample of South African adults.The Pan African medical journal · 2024Article
- Disparities in PrEP use and unmet need across PEPFAR-supported programs: doubling down on prevention to put people first and end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2024Article
- Effect of implementation strategies on pre-exposure prophylaxis persistence among female sex workers in South Africa: an interrupted time series study.The lancet. HIV · 2023Article
- Disjuncture between self-perceived and clinically assessed risk of HIV among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in Ontario and British Columbia, Canada.BMC public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
Individual perceptions of HIV risk influence willingness to use pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention. Among men who have sex with men (MSM) and male sex workers (MSWs), temporal or episodic changes in risk behavior may influence perceived risk and PrEP acceptability over time. We investigated fluctuations in perceived HIV risk and PrEP acceptability, comparing MSWs against MSM who do not engage in sex work. We conducted 8 focus groups (n = 38) and 56 individual interviews among MSM and MSWs in Providence, RI. Perceived HIV risk shaped willingness to use PrEP among both MSWs and MSM who did not engage in sex work, and risk perceptions changed over time depending on behavior. For MSWs, perceived risk cycled according to patterns of substance use and sex work activity. These cycles yielded an "access-interest paradox": an inverse relationship between willingness to use and ability to access PrEP. MSM who did not engage in sex work also reported temporal shifts in risk behavior, perceived risk, and willingness to use PrEP, but changes were unrelated to access. MSM attributed fluctuations to seasonal changes, vacations, partnerships, behavioral "phases," and episodic alcohol or drug use. Efforts to implement PrEP among MSM and street-based MSWs should address temporal changes in willingness to use PrEP, which are linked to perceived risk. Among MSWs, confronting the access-interest paradox may require intensive outreach during high-risk times and efforts to address low perceived risk during times of reduced sex work.
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