PrEP Demographics and Disparity: The Race, Ethnicity, Gender Identity, Sex Assigned at Birth, Sexual Orientation and Age of Current PrEP Use

ABSTRACT

Purpose

Identification of disparity in preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) prescription by demographic group.

Design

Exploratory descriptive study.

Methods

Secondary data analysis of 1114 patients who received PrEP from Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts (PPLM) between 2017 and 2020.

Findings

Persons of Asian racial-identity had a higher mean PrEP prescription than the other racial groups. Persons over 30 had a higher mean PrEP prescription than those 18–29.

Conclusions

Discrepancy of PrEP prescription reveals opportunities to improve PrEP delivery.

Clinical Evidence

Providers of PrEP delivery and community health nurses can enhance delivery by better electronic medical charting regarding PrEP discussion and nonadherence.

KEYWORDS:

• preexposure prophylaxis
• secondary data analysis
• demographics
• race
• ethnicity
• gender identity
• sex assigned at birth
• sexual orientatiton
• age

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Additional information

Funding

The authors reported there is no funding associated with the work featured in this article.