Reddit on PrEP: Posts About Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for HIV from Reddit Users, 2014–2019.
Social media forums provide a window into how gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men talk about pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention (PrEP) outside of research contexts. To examine information exchange about this important pillar of HIV prevention, discussions around PrEP were col...
| Published in: | AIDS & Behavior Vol. 26; no. 4; pp. 1084 - 1095 |
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Springer Nature
Apr2022
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=155912324&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 155912324 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10907165 G1T jtl: AIDS & Behavior issn: 10907165 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Apr2022 vid: 26 iid: 4 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 155912324 152508361 155912324 155912324 10.1007/s10461-021-03463-x 155912324 ppf: 1084 ppct: 11 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Reddit on PrEP: Posts About Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for HIV from Reddit Users, 2014–2019. aug: au: Loosier, Penny S. Renfro, Kaytlin Carry, Monique Williams, Samantha P. Hogben, Matthew Aral, Sevgi affil: Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd NE, MS US12-2, 30329-4027, Atlanta, GA, USA sug: subj: HIV Infections Prevention and Control Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis LGBTQ+ Persons Psychosocial Factors Attitude to Medical Treatment Evaluation Discussion Evaluation Social Media Human Qualitative Studies Descriptive Statistics HIV Infections Risk Factors Risk Assessment Information Seeking Behavior Stigma ab: Social media forums provide a window into how gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men talk about pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention (PrEP) outside of research contexts. To examine information exchange about this important pillar of HIV prevention, discussions around PrEP were collected from the r/askgaybros subreddit of the social media site Reddit (2014–2019). Post titles and asks were qualitatively coded to identify themes describing the primary purpose of the post. In all, 1163 PrEP posts were identified, and a 23.3-fold increase in post volume was seen from 2014 (n = 20) to 2019 (n = 466). The most common post type was a mention of PrEP in a post primarily discussing: an assessment of risk after a sexual encounter (19.2%); a sexual or romantic relationship (6.0%); or other (29.3%). Access challenges (19.1%), information seeking (17.5%), and the cultural effects of PrEP on the gay community (16.3%) were other common themes. Posts regarding the initiation of PrEP (11.8%) and PrEP side-effects (9.4%) were moderately represented. Posts addressing promotion, shade, stigma, and usage were infrequent (≤ 5.5% of posts, respectively). Over time, discussion of PrEP has increased exponentially on r/askgaybros, which may reflect the normalization of PrEP. Qualitative analysis of these posts can be a rich source of data for scientists, practitioners, and healthcare providers interested in increasing uptake of PrEP and decreasing barriers to its use. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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