Inequities in PrEP use according to Medicare status in a publicly funded sexual health clinic; a retrospective analysis.
Sex Health
; 212024 Feb.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-38382053
ABSTRACT
New HIV diagnoses continue to disproportionately affect overseas-born men who have sex with men (MSM). A retrospective study of all pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)-eligible MSM attending Sydney Sexual Health Centre for the first time in 2021 analysed self-reported PrEP-use, PrEP prescribed at the initial consult, and PrEP taken during 2021 using binomial logistic regression models. A total of 1367 clients were included in the analysis, 716 (52.4%) were born overseas and 414 (57.8%) were Medicare-ineligible. Medicare-ineligible clients were less likely to be on PrEP at initial visit (OR 0.45, 95% CI 0.26-0.77). This study suggests inequities in PrEP access and/or awareness in Medicare-ineligible MSM in Australia.
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Assunto principal:
Infecções por HIV
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Saúde Sexual
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Profilaxia Pré-Exposição
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Minorias Sexuais e de Gênero
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Sex Health
Ano de publicação:
2024
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Article
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Austrália