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"Just the Stigma Associated with PrEP Makes You Feel Like It's HIV Itself": Exploring PrEP Stigma, Skepticism, and Medical Mistrust Among Black Cisgender Women in Urban and Rural Counties in the U.S. Deep South.
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- Prioritizing Barriers and Facilitators to PrEP Uptake Among Black Cisgender Women: Key Factors Identified Through Nominal Group Technique.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- HIV/STI Prevention Strategies During COVID-19 Among PrEP-Eligible Cisgender Women in New York State: A Qualitative Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Considerations of HIV PrEP Among Heterosexually Active Women and Men: Results from a Qualitative Study in New York City.Archives of sexual behavior · 2026Article
- Examining the Association Between Exposure to the #ShesWell Campaign and Black Women's Conversations with Healthcare Providers About Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Medical Distrust and the Intention to Initiate Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in Black Cisgender Women.AIDS patient care and STDs · 2025Article
- Systemic inequities, dignity, and trust in the context of HIV care: a qualitative analysis.International journal for equity in health · 2025Article
- Innovation in Providing Equitable Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Services in the United States: Expanding Access in Nontraditional Settings.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2025Article
- Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Awareness and Demand Creation: Overlooked Populations and Opportunities to Move Forward.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2025Article
- A Qualitative Study Exploring How the Perspectives and Experiences of Cisgender Black Women Inform Their Readiness to Consider Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Dissemination and Implementation Approach to Increasing Access to Local Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Resources With Black Cisgender Women: Intervention Study With Vlogs Shared on Social Media.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2025Article
- Examining Perceptions Among Healthcare Providers on Their Awareness of and Experience with Prescribing and/or Referring Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis to Eligible Cisgender Black Female Patients: A Qualitative Inquiry.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Observational
- PrEP knowledge and perceptions among women living in North Carolina public housing communities.PloS one · 2025Article
- Avoiding Shots in the Dark: Learning from the Past To Inform the Implementation of Long-Acting Injectable Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for Black American Cisgender Women.AIDS and behavior · 2024Article
- Where do we go from here? Reconciling implementation failure of PrEP for Black women in the South. Leveraging critical realism to identify unaddressed barriers as we move forward.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2024Review
- Start the Conversation: Development of a Training Program to Build OB/GYN Resident Capacity for PrEP Prescribing in Routine Care.Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS CareArticle
- PrEP initiation and adherence among Black cisgender women in Mississippi: The role of HIV and PrEP stigma and social support.Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
Despite its effectiveness in HIV prevention, PrEP use among Black women is suboptimal. Notably in the Deep South, Black women have the lowest PrEP uptake rates among all US regions. To increase PrEP engagement, research suggests the implementation of structural and social interventions particular to the needs of Black women. The state of Alabama is of priority to federal HIV prevention initiatives; therefore, this study conducted focus groups among 47 cis-gender Black women in rural and urban Alabama counties, with the highest statewide HIV incidence rates, to understand perceptions of PrEP and decision-making processes. Deductive coding analysis was conducted and themes were finalized based on consensus among the two coders. Four themes were identified. Findings show stigma undergirds Alabaman Black women's decisions to engage in PrEP care. Moreover, women reported stigma stifled community-level education about PrEP. Despite these experiences, education was regarded as a strategy to decrease stigma and PrEP skepticism, the latter of which emerged as a prominent theme. Medical mistrust and healthcare engagement were the other emergent themes influencing participation in PrEP care. To ensure PrEP efforts meet the needs of Black cisgender women in Alabama counties, interventions must address longstanding stigma, increase educational initiatives, and ensure interventions consider women's experiences with medical mistrust and health care engagement.
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