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HIV Risk-Related Behaviors and Willingness to Use Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Among Black Americans with an Arrest History.

Ugochukwu UzoegheluLaura M BogartTaylor MahoneyMusie S GhebremichaelJelani KerrBisola O Ojikutu
Published in: Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities (2021)
Differences in risk behavior and willingness to use PrEP exist by arrest history. Understanding these risk behaviors are necessary to increase access to PrEP. PrEP uptake and adherence interventions, when recommended and made available for individuals at substantive risk of HIV infection at the time of arrest and during incarceration, are essential to reducing the spread of HIV in correctional facilities and in communities to which they return.
Keyphrases
  • men who have sex with men
  • antiretroviral therapy
  • hiv testing
  • hiv positive
  • hiv infected
  • human immunodeficiency virus
  • cell cycle
  • hepatitis c virus
  • hiv aids
  • physical activity
  • metabolic syndrome
  • adipose tissue