ArticlePloS one2018
Understanding willingness to use oral pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention among men who have sex with men in China.
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- 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
- PrEP Awareness and Willingness to use Oral PrEP Among Males ≥ 18 Years Attending VMMC Services in Gauteng, South Africa.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Barriers and facilitators to oral pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake among adolescents girls and young women at elevated risk of HIV acquisition in Lilongwe, Malawi: A qualitative study.PLOS global public health · 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
- Willingness to Use Long-Acting Injectable Cabotegravir and Associated Factors Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Guangxi, China.Archives of sexual behavior · 2024Article
- Determinants of Willingness to Use PrEP Among Gay and Bisexual Men in China Before Implementation: A Structural Equation Modeling Assessment.AIDS and behavior · 2023Article
- Barriers and facilitators to oral PrEP uptake among high-risk men after HIV testing at workplaces in Uganda: a qualitative study.BMC public health · 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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- 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
- PrEP Willingness and Adherence Self-Efficacy Among Men Who have Sex with Men with Recent Condomless Anal Sex in Urban China.AIDS and behavior · 2021Article
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- Low willingness to pay for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among men who have sex with men (MSM) in China.BMC public health · 2020Article
- Risk Behavior Not Associated with Self-Perception of PrEP Candidacy: Implications for Designing PrEP Services.AIDS and behavior · 2019Article
- Protocol for a multicenter, real-world study of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among men who have sex with men in China (CROPrEP).BMC infectious diseases · 2019Article
- Willingness to Use and Adhere to HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Mapping Potential Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Users onto a Motivational Cascade: Identifying Targets to Prepare for Implementation in China.LGBT health · 2019Article
- PrEP uptake preferences among men who have sex with men in China: results from a National Internet Survey.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundOral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is recommended as an additional prevention choice for men who have sex with men (MSM) at substantial risk of HIV. The aim of this study was to evaluate the extent, and reasons, for MSM's willingness to use oral PrEP in Wuhan and Shanghai, China.
methodsBetween May and December 2015, a cross-sectional survey was conducted among 487 MSM recruited through snowball sampling in physical locations frequented by MSM and through social media applications. Exploratory factor analysis was used to group reasons for being willing or not willing to use PrEP. Chi-square tests were used to explore bivariate associations between groupings of reasons for being willing or unwilling to use PrEP, and key sociodemographic and sexual-behavioral characteristics of MSM.
resultsOverall, 71.3% of respondents were willing to use PrEP. The most commonly reported reasons for being willing to use PrEP were preventing HIV infection (91.6%), taking responsibility for own sexual health (72.6%) and protecting family members from harm (59.4%). The main reasons for being unwilling to use PrEP were being worried about side effects (72.9%), the necessity of taking PrEP for long periods of time (54.3%) and cost (40.4%). Individual characteristics that influenced the type of reasons given for being willing or unwilling to use PrEP included being married to a woman, having a regular sex partner, rates of condom use with regular and casual sex partners, and the number of casual sex partners.
conclusionThe introduction of PrEP in China could benefit from promotion campaigns that emphasize its role in preventing HIV infection, in taking responsibility for own sexual health, and in protecting family members from potential harm. To reduce uptake barriers, it will be essential to provide accurate information to potential PrEP users about the mild and short-term nature of side effects, and the possibility of taking PrEP only during particular periods of life when the risk of HIV exposure might be highest.
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