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. 2025 May 2;29(8):2588–2609. doi: 10.1007/s10461-025-04719-6

Table 6.

Risk assessment screening

Questions for Participant (*Consider offering PrEP)
# Question Coding Coding Value Score*
601 In the past 6 months: How many people did you have vaginal or anal sex with?

0

1*

2+ (two or more)*

Don’t know*

Prefer not to answer*

0

1

2

98

99

0

4

7

7

7

602 In the past 6 months: Did you use a condom every time you had sex?

Yes

No*

Don’t know*

Prefer not to answer*

1

2

98

99

0

10

10

10

603 Engaged in sex in exchange of money or other favors?

Yes*

No

Don’t know*

Prefer not to answer*

1

2

98

99

5

0

5

5

604 In the past 6 months: Did you have a sexually transmitted infection?

Yes*

No

Don’t know*

Prefer not to answer*

1

2

98

99

7

0

7

7

605 Shared needles while engaging in intravenous drug use?

Yes*

No

Don’t know

Prefer not to answer*

1

2

98

99

3

0

0

3

606 Do you have a sexual partner who has HIV?

Yes*

No

Don’t know*

Prefer not to answer*

1

2

98

99

8

0

8

8

607 If ‘Yes’: Has he or she been on therapy for 6 or more months?

Yes

No*

Don’t know*

Prefer not to answer

1

2

98

99

0

3

3

0

608 If ‘Yes: has the therapy suppressed viral load?

Yes

No*

Don’t know*

Prefer not to answer

1

2

98

99

0

3

3

0

609 PrEP stands for pre-exposure prophylaxis. It is a single daily pill that protects you from getting infected with HIV. It works when you take it before you are exposed to HIV. Are you willing to consider PrEP?

Yes

No

Don’t know

Prefer not to answer

1

2

98

99

*Scoring adapted from Smith et al., [50] (42)