Table 2.
How study participants reported they first heard about PrEP and what is has been most influential on their current views of PrEP, together 5000 study, 2017–2018
| First hear about PrEP | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PrEP experience | Intend to use PrEP¥ | |||||||||||||||
| PrEP Naïve | Former PrEP | Yes | Little or no | |||||||||||||
| Total | n = 4948 | n = 869 | n = 3100 | n = 2717 | ||||||||||||
| Frequency | (%) | Frequency | (%) | Frequency | (%) | Chi-square | P | Frequency | (%) | Frequency | (%) | Chi-square | P | |||
| 206.6 | <.0001 | 59.7 | <.0001 | |||||||||||||
| Social media source | 1625 | 27.9 | Social media source | 1493 | 30.2 | 132 | 15.2 | Friend | 933 | 30.1 | 650 | 23.9 | ||||
| Friend | 1583 | 27.2 | Friend | 1347 | 27.2 | 236 | 27.2 | Social media source | 853 | 27.5 | 772 | 28.4 | ||||
| News media source | 753 | 12.9 | News media source | 647 | 13.1 | 106 | 12.2 | News media source | 357 | 11.5 | 396 | 14.6 | ||||
| Other or I dont remember | 695 | 12.0 | Other or I dont remembet | 583 | 11.8 | 112 | 12.9 | Other or I dont remembet | 312 | 10.1 | 383 | 14.1 | ||||
| Casual sex partner | 356 | 6.1 | Casual sex partner | 305 | 6.2 | 51 | 5.9 | Casual sex partner | 195 | 6.3 | 161 | 5.9 | ||||
| Medical provider | 288 | 5.0 | As part of a research stud | 186 | 3.8 | 44 | 5.1 | Medical provider | 159 | 5.1 | 129 | 4.8 | ||||
| As part of a research study | 230 | 4.0 | Medical provider | 170 | 3.4 | 118 | 13.6 | As part of a research stud | 141 | 4.6 | 89 | 3.3 | ||||
| Community-based agency | 212 | 3.6 | Community-based agenc | 160 | 3.2 | 52 | 6.0 | Community-based agenq | 108 | 3.5 | 104 | 3.8 | ||||
| Main sex partner | 59 | 1.0 | Main sex partner | 43 | 0.9 | 16 | 1.8 | Main sex partner | 31 | 1.0 | 28 | 1.0 | ||||
| Family member | 16 | 0.3 | Family member | 14 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.2 | Family member | 11 | 0.4 | 5 | 0.2 | ||||
| Most influential on PrEP views | ||||||||||||||||
| PrEP experience¥ | Intend to use PrEP¥ | |||||||||||||||
| PrEP Naïve | Former PrEP | Yes | Little or no | |||||||||||||
| Total | n = 4948 | n = 869 | n = 3100 | n = 2717 | ||||||||||||
| Frequency | (%) | Frequency | (%) | Frequency | (%) | Chi-square | P | Frequency | (%) | Frequency | (%) | Chi-square | P | |||
| 284.4 | <.0001 | 113.3 | <0001 | |||||||||||||
| Friend | 1393 | 24.0 | Friend | 1233 | 24.9 | 160 | 18.4 | Friend | 791 | 25.5 | 602 | 22.2 | ||||
| Social media source | 1308 | 22.5 | Social media source | 1206 | 24.4 | 102 | 11.7 | Social media source | 667 | 21.5 | 641 | 23.6 | ||||
| News media source | 777 | 13.4 | News media source | 687 | 13.9 | 90 | 10.4 | News media source | 372 | 12.0 | 405 | 14.9 | ||||
| Other or I dont remember | 664 | 11.4 | Other or I dont remembet | 550 | 11.1 | 114 | 13.1 | Medical provider | 313 | 10.1 | 241 | 8.9 | ||||
| Medical provider | 554 | 9.5 | As part of a research stud | 380 | 7.7 | 76 | 8.8 | As part of a research stud | 302 | 9.7 | 154 | 5.7 | ||||
| As part of a research study | 456 | 7.8 | Medical provider | 344 | 7.0 | 210 | 24.2 | Other or I dont remembet | 265 | 8.6 | 399 | 14.7 | ||||
| Casual sex partner | 291 | 5.0 | Casual sex partner | 259 | 5.2 | 32 | 3.7 | Casual sex partner | 180 | 5.8 | 111 | 4.1 | ||||
| Community-based agency | 261 | 4.5 | Community-based agentr | 195 | 3.9 | 66 | 7.6 | Community-based agenc | 141 | 4.6 | 120 | 4.4 | ||||
| Main sex partner | 97 | 1.7 | Main sex partner | 81 | 1.6 | 16 | 1.8 | Main sex partner | 57 | 1.8 | 40 | 1.5 | ||||
| Family member | 16 | 0.3 | Family member | 13 | 0.3 | 3 | 0.4 | Family member | 12 | 0.4 | 4 | 0.2 | ||||