More than prevention: early adoption of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) by gay and bisexual men in New Zealand

Figures & data

Table 1. Participant characteristics.

Participant (pseudonym)	Age^a	Ethnicity	Sexual identity	Currently taking PrEP^b
Tyrone	30s	Non-European	Gay	Yes
Joshua	40s	European^c	Gay	No
Manaia	30s	NZ Māori	Gay	Yes
Daniel	40s	European	Gay	Yes
Noa	40s	Pacific	Gay	Yes
Levi	50s	Non-European	Bisexual/gay	No
Jordan	40s	European	Gay	Yes
Ben	30s	European	Gay	Yes
Rawiri	30s	NZ Māori and Pacific	Gay	Yes
Thomas	30s	European	Gay	Yes

aParticipant ages are presented in decades for ethical reasons and to protect their privacy.

^bCurrently taking PrEP means participant was taking PrEP at the time of the interview.

^cThe ethnicity ‘European’ refers to both Pākehā (NZ European) and migrant European participants; however, is presented as simply European to maintain anonymity and consistency with previous NZPrEP literature (Azariah et al. 2019).

Azariah, S., P. J. Saxton, R. Franklin, R. Forster, S. Werder, and R. Jenkins. 2019. “NZPrEP Demonstration Project: Protocol for an Open-Label, Single-Arm Trial of HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) to Determine Feasibility, Acceptability, Adverse and Behavioural Effects of PrEP Provision to Gay And Bisexual Men in Publicly Funded Sexual-Health Clinics in Auckland, New Zealand.” BMJ Open 9 (6): e026363.

 PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar

Data availability

The qualitative data reported in this article are not available for public access because it is not possible to maintain participant confidentiality in interview transcripts, even when deidentified.