Bridging the serodivide: attitudes of PrEP users towards sex partners living with HIV
Issued Date
2022-01-01
Resource Type
ISSN
09540121
eISSN
13600451
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85110799073
Pubmed ID
34280060
Journal Title
AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
Volume
34
Issue
3
Start Page
349
End Page
352
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SCOPUS
Bibliographic Citation
AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV Vol.34 No.3 (2022) , 349-352
Suggested Citation
Van Dijk M., De Wit J.B.F., Guadamuz T.E., Martinez J.E., Jonas K.J. Bridging the serodivide: attitudes of PrEP users towards sex partners living with HIV. AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV Vol.34 No.3 (2022) , 349-352. 352. doi:10.1080/09540121.2021.1954588 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/86768
Title
Bridging the serodivide: attitudes of PrEP users towards sex partners living with HIV
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Abstract
The introduction of biomedical HIV prevention methods, such as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), holds the potential to overcome the serodivide. We investigated the attitudes of PrEP users towards having sex with partners living with HIV. PrEP users in the Netherlands were recruited online and completed three questionnaires over a period of six months. We investigated changes over time in feelings of fear of HIV, comfort, and attitudes towards condom use when having sex with men living with HIV (MLHIV). A majority of PrEP users in our sample (up to 71.6%) had sex with MLHIV. Feeling comfortable to have sex with MLHIV did not change over time, but was already at a high level at T1. Most importantly, feeling safe not to use condoms with HIV-positive partners significantly increased, and did so in a rather short period of time after the onset of PrEP use (3-6 months). Taken together, the findings suggest that that PrEP may contribute to decreasing the serodivide between MSM rather quickly after the onset of PrEP use.