Medical chart-reported alcohol consumption, substance use, and mental health issues in association with HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) nonadherence among gay, bisexual, and other men-who-have-sex-with-men
Chart-indicated suboptimal adherence was present among a small subgroup of PrEP-prescribed gbMSM. Adherence-related interventions should target gbMSM who use club drugs, are younger, experience challenges attending PrEP care, and are prescribed non-daily regimens. Offering long-acting injectable PrEP when available and feasible may also improve PrEP's HIV-preventive impact among this population.
Authors
- Kevin Giolma
- Philippe El‐Helou
- Paul A. Shuper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9033-8598)
- Thepikaa Varatharajan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9580-8894)
- Mona Loutfy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7887-8997)
- Narges Joharchi
- Isaac I. Bogoch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1590-6748)
- Jürgen Rehm
- Kevin Woodward
Institutions
- University Health Network (CA)
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CA)
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- Sechenov University (RU)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Women's College Hospital (CA)
- Canada Research Chairs (CA)
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
- Public Health Ontario (CA)
- Maple Leaf Medical Clinic (CA)
- Technische Universität Dresden (DE)
- McMaster University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2024-12-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20934-7
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.39
Funders
- Ontario HIV Treatment Network
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism