Preferences for HIV prevention strategies among newly arrived Asian-born men who have sex with men living in Australia

A discrete choice experiment

Bibliographic Data

ID22072841
AuthorsMegan Ung (Concord Repatriation General Hospital), Sarah Martin (0000-0003-0307-4665, Australian National University), Fern Terris-Prestholt (0000-0003-1693-5196, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine), Matthew Quaife (0000-0001-9291-1511, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine), Warittha Tieosapjaroen (0000-0001-9712-9262, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre), Tiffany R Phillips (0000-0001-6920-7710, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre), Tiffany Phillips, David Lee (0000-0003-0182-9796, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre), Eric P F Chow (0000-0003-1766-0657, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre), Nick Medland (UNSW Sydney), Benjamin R Bavinton (0000-0001-5834-8278, UNSW Sydney), Stephen W Pan (0000-0003-3612-7508, University of Liverpool), Limin Mao (0000-0003-0995-5789, The University of Sydney), Jason J Ong (0000-0001-5784-7403, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume11
Pages1018983-1018983
Publication date2023-03-13
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565
PublisherFrontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpubh.2023.1018983
PMID36992887
OpenAlexW4324086045
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited25

The HIV epidemic in Australia is changing with higher risk for HIV among newly-arrived Asian-born men who have sex with men (MSM) compared to Australian-born MSM. We evaluated the preferences for HIV prevention strategies among 286 Asian-born MSM living in Australia for <5 years. A latent class analysis uncovered three classes of respondents who were defined by their preferences: “PrEP” (52%), “Consistent condoms” (31%), and “No strategy” (17%). Compared to the “No strategy” class, men in the “PrEP” class were less likely to be a student or ask their partner for their HIV status. Men in the “Consistent condoms” class were more likely to get information about HIV from online, and less likely to ask their partner for their HIV status. Overall, PrEP was the preferred HIV prevention strategy for newly arrived migrants. Removing structural barriers to access PrEP can accelerate progress toward ending HIV transmission

Family medicine · Latent class model · Men who have sex with men · Pre-exposure prophylaxis · Sociology · Syphilis · Demography · Economic and Environmental Valuation · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Gerontology

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