Table 4.
Associations Between Characteristics of Health Care Access and Specific Components of (a) Anticipate Barriers to PrEP Uptake Measure and (b) Anticipated Barriers to PrEP Adherence and Retention Among Male Sex Workers in the US Northeast
| (a) Anticipated barriers to PrEP uptake, individual componentsa |
(b) Anticipated barriers to PrEP adherence and retention, individual componentsb |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C1: Making initial appointment | C2: Interacting with health services and health providers | C3: Structural barriers to PrEP uptake | C1: Attending visits to health services | C2: Daily medication adherence | C3: PrEP-related costs | |
| Having primary care providerc | −0.46 (−1.19 to 0.26) | −0.29 (−0.99 to 0.41) | 0.41 (−0.58 to 1.42) | 0.27 (−0.51 to 1.03) | −0.41 (−1.29 to 0.46) | 0.96 (−0.27 to 2.19) |
| Frequency of medical visits (12 months)c | 0.01 (−0.32 to 0.35) | −0.09 (−0.41 to 0.23) | −0.46† (−0.92 to 0.01) | −0.16 (−0.52 to 0.19) | −0.12 (−0.53 to 0.28) | −0.51† (−1.08 to 0.06) |
| Comfort discussing sexual practices with providerc | −0.23† (−0.49 to 0.03) | −0.55** (−0.80 to −0.31) | 0.05 (−0.31 to 0.40) | −0.01 (−0.28 to 0.27) | −0.29† (−0.60 to 0.02) | 0.14 (−0.30 to 0.57) |
| Transportation difficulties to accessing general health carec | 0.04 (−0.23 to 0.31) | 0.18 (−0.08 to 0.43) | 1.00** (0.62 to 1.37) | 0.90** (0.61 to 1.18) | 0.17 (−0.15 to 0.50) | 0.54* (0.08 to 1.00) |
a
Multivariate model with three components of anticipated barriers to PrEP uptake measure as outcomes.
b
Multivariate model with three components of anticipated barriers to PrEP adherence and retention measure as outcomes.
c
Unstandardized multivariate linear regression coefficients in models adjusting for age, race/ethnicity, sexual identity, income, educational attainment, and other independent variables of interest.
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p ≤ 0.08, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.001.
PrEP, pre-exposure prophylaxis.