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‘WTF is PrEP?’: attitudes towards pre-exposure prophylaxis among men who have sex with men and transgender women in New York City

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Pages 772-786 | Received 23 Feb 2017, Accepted 12 Sep 2017, Published online: 06 Oct 2017

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Steven P. Philpot, Garrett Prestage, Martin Holt, Lisa Maher, Bridget Haire, Adam Bourne & Mohamed A. Hammoud. (2023) Reasons for not Using HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) among Gay and Bisexual Men in Australia: Mixed-Methods Analyses from a National, Online, Observational Study. Behavioral Medicine 49:3, pages 271-282.
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Jason V. D’Amours. (2022) Cultural discourses and HIV/AIDS activists’ meanings about PrEP. Culture, Health & Sexuality 0:0, pages 1-15.
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Ryan J. Watson, Cindy J. Chang, Brian A. Feinstein, Raymond L. Moody, Antonia Caba & Lisa A. Eaton. (2022) PrEP Stigma and logistical barriers remain significant challenges in curtailing HIV transmission among Black and Hispanic/Latinx cisgender sexual minority men and transgender women in the US. AIDS Care 34:11, pages 1465-1472.
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Nakia K. Lee-Foon, Carmen H. Logie, Arjumand Siddiqi & Daniel Grace. (2022) Exploring young Black gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men’s PrEP knowledge in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Culture, Health & Sexuality 24:3, pages 301-314.
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Gabriel A Wagner, Kuan-Sheng Wu, Christy Anderson, Alina Burgi & Susan J Little. (2023) Predictors of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Uptake in a Sexual Health Clinic With Rapid PrEP Initiation. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 10:3.
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Andy Edinger, Danny Valdez, Eric Walsh-Buhi & Johan Bollen. (2022) Deep learning for topical trend discovery in online discourse about Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP). AIDS and Behavior 27:2, pages 443-453.
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Samuel R. Bunting, Brian A. Feinstein, Sarah K. Calabrese, Aniruddha Hazra, Neeral K. Sheth, Gary Wang & Sarah S. Garber. (2022) The Role of Social Biases, Race, and Condom Use in Willingness to Prescribe HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis to MSM: An Experimental, Vignette-Based Study. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 91:4, pages 353-363.
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Gregory Carter, ILT Colten Staten, Brennan Woodward, Brianna Mahnke & Jessica Campbell. (2022) PrEP Prescription Among MSM U.S. Military Service Members: Race and Sexual Identification Matter. American Journal of Men's Health 16:6, pages 155798832211338.
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