‘WTF is PrEP?’: attitudes towards pre-exposure prophylaxis among men who have sex with men and transgender women in New York City
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Limited awareness of pre-exposure prophylaxis among black men who have sex with men and transgender women in New York city.
Awareness of Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) was assessed among a cohort of substance-using black men who have sex with men and transgender women (MSM/TGW) participating in the STAR Study, which recruited black MSM/TGW in New York City for HIV testing and linked HIV-infected individuals into care from July 2012 to April 2015. Sociodemographic, psychosocial, known HIV risk factors, and PrEP awar...
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عنوان ژورنال: Culture, Health & Sexuality
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1369-1058,1464-5351
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2017.1380230