Table 4.

Anticipated PrEP stigma

	Pre-training (T1)		Post-training (T2)		Wilcoxon Signed-rank test
	M	SD	M	SD	z	p value
PrEP-user stereotypes subscale	2.06	0.65	1.92	0.64	−3.13	0.002
People would assume I slept around if they knew I took PrEP.	2.11	0.84	1.9	0.76
People would think I am a bad person if they know I took PrEP.	2.03	0.82	1.87	0.74
People would assume I am gay if they knew I took PrEP.	2.25	0.83	2.15	0.81
People would assume that I was HIV-positive if they knew I took PrEP.	2.04	0.86	1.82	0.76
I would feel ashamed to tell other people that I was taking PrEP.	1.89	0.72	1.85	0.75
PrEP disapproval by others subscale	2.18	0.72	2.00	0.67	−2.93	0.003
My sexual partner(s) would approve of me taking PrEP. *	2.09	0.87	1.93	0.76
My family would approve of me taking PrEP. *	2.41	0.85	2.19	0.82
My friends would approve of me taking PrEP. *	2.03	0.75	1.89	0.71

M: mean; SD: standard deviation.

Analyses restricted to participants who had heard of PrEP prior to T1 and completed all three surveys (n=157).

All item Likert responses ranged from 1-4, with higher scores indicating greater agreement to the statements (1 Strongly disagree, 2 Disagree, 3 Agree, 4 Strongly agree).

^*Indicating that responses to this item were reverse coded.