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Who Falls Between the Cracks? Identifying Eligible PrEP Users Among People With Sub-saharan African Migration Background Living in Antwerp, Belgium
Buffel Veerle
Univerisity of Antwerp, Department of Sociology, Antwerp, Belgium; 2Institute of Tropical Medicine, Department of Public Health, Antwerp, Belgium
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ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6602-9525
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Background: This study estimates the proportion of eligible PrEP users among people of Sub-Saharan African background based on the Belgian PrEP eligibility criteria and examines associations with socio-economic and demographic characteristics.
Methods: We performed logistic regression analysis on data of a representative community-based survey conducted among sub-Saharan African communities (n=686) living in Antwerp.
Results: Almost a third (30.3%) of the respondents were eligible to use PrEP. Those who were male, single, lower educated, undocumented, and had experienced forced sex were more likely to be eligible for PrEP use. The findings highlight the importance of taking intra-, interpersonal and structural HIV risk factors into account.
Conclusions: The study shows high unmet PrEP needs in this population, especially among those with high vulnerability for HIV acquisition. A better understanding of barriers to PrEP use in this population group is needed to allow for equitable access.
Keywords
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), HIV prevention, Sub-Saharan African (SSA) migrants, eligibility criteria, HIV risk factors
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Research article
Who Falls Between the Cracks? Identifying Eligible PrEP Users Among People With Sub-saharan African Migration Background Living in Antwerp, Belgium
Buffel Veerle
Univerisity of Antwerp, Department of Sociology, Antwerp, Belgium; 2Institute of Tropical Medicine, Department of Public Health, Antwerp, Belgium
Corresponding Author
ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6602-9525
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Background: This study estimates the proportion of eligible PrEP users among people of Sub-Saharan African background based on the Belgian PrEP eligibility criteria and examines associations with socio-economic and demographic characteristics.
Methods: We performed logistic regression analysis on data of a representative community-based survey conducted among sub-Saharan African communities (n=686) living in Antwerp.
Results: Almost a third (30.3%) of the respondents were eligible to use PrEP. Those who were male, single, lower educated, undocumented, and had experienced forced sex were more likely to be eligible for PrEP use. The findings highlight the importance of taking intra-, interpersonal and structural HIV risk factors into account.
Conclusions: The study shows high unmet PrEP needs in this population, especially among those with high vulnerability for HIV acquisition. A better understanding of barriers to PrEP use in this population group is needed to allow for equitable access.