Table 1.
Participant demographics
| Variable | Clients | Providers | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PrEP (n = 16) |
Pharmacy (n = 40) |
PrEP (n = 10) |
Pharmacy (n = 16) |
|
| Age in yearsa | 28 (23–29) | 25 (22–28) | 37 (35–40) | 33 (27–35) |
| Female | 9 (56%) | 20 (50%) | 7 (70%) | 7 (44%) |
| Occupation | ||||
| Unemployed | 2 (13%) | 5 (13%) | – | – |
| Student | 0 (0%) | 4 (10%) | – | – |
| Business/sales | 5 (31%) | 12 (30%) | – | – |
| Hospitality/service industry | 8 (50%) | 3 (8%) | – | – |
| Medical doctor | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (20%) | 0 (0%) |
| Clinical officer | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (30%) | 0 (0%) |
| Nurse | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (20%) | 0 (0%) |
| HIV testing services (HTS) counselor | 0 (0%) | 1 (3%) | 2 (20%) | 0 (0%) |
| Pharmacist | 0 (0%) | 1 (3%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (6%) |
| Pharmaceutical technologist | 0 (0%) | 1 (3%) | 0 (0%) | 15 (94%) |
| Other | 1 (6%) | 13 (33%) | 1 (10%) | 0 (0%) |
| Recruitment locationb | ||||
| Urban area - informal settlement | 4 (25%) | 7 (18%) | 1 (10%) | 6 (38%) |
| Urban area - non-informal settlement | 9 (56%) | 14 (35%) | 2 (20%) | 3 (19%) |
| Peri-urban area | 0 (0%) | 9 (23%) | 4 (40%) | 4 (25%) |
| Rural area | 3 (19%) | 10 (25%) | 3 (30%) | 3 (19%) |
| Educational attainmentc | ||||
| Less than high school | 6 (38%) | 1 (3%) | – | – |
| High school graduate | 5 (31%) | 9 (23%) | – | – |
| Some college or college certificate/diploma | 3 (19%) | 18 (45%) | – | – |
| Some university or university degree | 2 (12%) | 12 (30%) | – | – |
| Married | 9 (56%) | 6 (15%) | – | – |
| Number of childrena | 1 (1–2) | 0 (0–1) | – | – |
| Monthly household income in Kenyan shillingsa,d | 20,000 (11,750–28,750) | 30,000 (20,000–55,000) | – | – |
| Months on PrEPa | 11 (7–24) | – | – | – |
| To reach PrEP clinic | ||||
| Travel time, in minutesa | 45 (30–60) | – | – | – |
| Travel cost, in Kenyan shillingsa,e | 65 (30–100) | – | – | – |
| To reach preferred retail pharmacy | ||||
| Travel time, in minutesa | 10 (5–30) | 6 (5–10) | – | – |
| Travel cost, in Kenyan shillingsa,f | 0 (0–30) | 0 (0–0) | – | – |
aPresented as median (interquartile range)
bLocation of healthcare clinic or pharmacy where provider works or where the client obtains pharmacy or PrEP services
cCollege certificates, college diplomas, and university degrees generally take a minimum of 1, 2, and 4 years, respectively, to complete
dApproximately USD $190 ($110–270) for PrEP clients and $280 ($190–510) for pharmacy clients
eApproximately USD $0.60 ($0.28–0.93)
fApproximately USD $0 ($0–0.28) for PrEP clients. Most (45/56) client participants reported a transportation cost of 0 KES because they walk to their preferred retail pharmacy