ArticleAIDS and behavior2022
Reddit on PrEP: Posts About Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for HIV from Reddit Users, 2014-2019.
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5 citing papers in PubMed.
- Analysis of Reddit Reveals Clascoterone Questions Among People with Acne.The Journal of clinical and aesthetic dermatology · 2025Article
- Public Perspectives on Palliative and Hospice Care: Social Media Content Analysis Using Topic Modeling and Multiclass Sentiment Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Mpox on Reddit: a Thematic Analysis of Online Posts on Mpox on a Social Media Platform among Key Populations.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2023Article
- Analysis of online user discussions on Reddit associated with the transition of use between HIV PrEP therapy.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Using Twitter Data Analysis to Understand the Perceptions, Awareness, and Barriers to the Wide Use of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in the United States.Proceedings. IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
Social media forums provide a window into how gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men talk about pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention (PrEP) outside of research contexts. To examine information exchange about this important pillar of HIV prevention, discussions around PrEP were collected from the r/askgaybros subreddit of the social media site Reddit (2014-2019). Post titles and asks were qualitatively coded to identify themes describing the primary purpose of the post. In all, 1163 PrEP posts were identified, and a 23.3-fold increase in post volume was seen from 2014 (n = 20) to 2019 (n = 466). The most common post type was a mention of PrEP in a post primarily discussing: an assessment of risk after a sexual encounter (19.2%); a sexual or romantic relationship (6.0%); or other (29.3%). Access challenges (19.1%), information seeking (17.5%), and the cultural effects of PrEP on the gay community (16.3%) were other common themes. Posts regarding the initiation of PrEP (11.8%) and PrEP side-effects (9.4%) were moderately represented. Posts addressing promotion, shade, stigma, and usage were infrequent (≤ 5.5% of posts, respectively). Over time, discussion of PrEP has increased exponentially on r/askgaybros, which may reflect the normalization of PrEP. Qualitative analysis of these posts can be a rich source of data for scientists, practitioners, and healthcare providers interested in increasing uptake of PrEP and decreasing barriers to its use.
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