Navigating Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Access: Qualitative Insights From Black Women at a Northeastern Historically Black College and University.
J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care
; 35(3): 234-244, 2024.
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| ID: mdl-38949902
ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT Black women are essential to ending the HIV epidemic in the United States; yet prevention, access, testing, and structural racism affect how HIV disproportionately affects them. Limited public health research focuses on Black women attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and the ability to address HIV prevention, such as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake. PrEP is a once-daily oral pill used to prevent HIV transmission and has suboptimal uptake within the Black community. This generic qualitative descriptive analysis identifies the barriers and facilitators of PrEP uptake among Black women attending an HBCU using the health belief model. Overall, 22 Black college women participated in a 60-minute focus group. Emergent categories were as follows (a) Barriers-stigma, cost, and side effects; (b) Facilitators-PrEP's effectiveness, exposure to HIV, and unprotected sex. Our findings can inform future efforts to increase PrEP uptake among Black women attending an HBCU.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Black or African American
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HIV Infections
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
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Focus Groups
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Anti-HIV Agents
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Qualitative Research
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Social Stigma
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Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis
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Health Services Accessibility
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care
Journal subject:
ENFERMAGEM
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SINDROME DA IMUNODEFICIENCIA ADQUIRIDA (AIDS)
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States