Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Care Cascade Among Men Who Have Sex with Men Engaging in Partner Notification Services at a Sexually Transmitted Infections Clinic

Danielle L Le Brazidec; Kevin Cormier; Alexi Almonte; Siena Napoleon; Laura C Chambers; Jun Tao; Thomas E Bertrand; Caroline L Gummo; John Beltrami; Jennine Kinsey; Amanda Maguire-Wilkerson; Philip A Chan

doi:10.1089/aid.2023.0097

Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Care Cascade Among Men Who Have Sex with Men Engaging in Partner Notification Services at a Sexually Transmitted Infections Clinic

AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2024 Mar 18. doi: 10.1089/aid.2023.0097. Online ahead of print.

Affiliations

¹ Infectious Diseases, Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island.
² Brown University Warren Alpert Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island.
³ State of Rhode Island Department of Health, Providence, Rhode Island.
⁴ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.

PMID: 38497559
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2023.0097

Abstract

Partner notification services (PNS) offers opportunities to discuss HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and provide referrals. We evaluated the PrEP care cascade among men who have sex with men (MSM) engaging in PNS within a sexually transmitted infections clinic. Among 121 MSM eligible for PrEP during PNS, 21% subsequently initiated PrEP.

Keywords: HIV; LGBTQ health; partner notification services; pre-exposure prophylaxis; sexually transmitted infections.