Jeremy Fagan, Victoria Frye, Rose Calixte, Sachin Jain, Lovely Molla, Adeola Lawal, Marcus P Mosley, Emily Greene, Kenneth H Mayer, Barry S Zingman
AIDS and behavior 2020 DecPost-exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) is an effective yet underutilized HIV prevention tool. PEPTALK developed and evaluated a media campaign to drive demand for PEP among men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women (TW) living in high HIV prevalence areas in New York City. Formative qualitative research (38 in-depth interviews and five focus groups [Nā=ā48]) with Black or African-American MSM or TW who reported condomless sex with a HIV-positive/unknown status man was conducted to inform campaign design. We assessed the impact of the campaign, 15 bus shelter ads and low or no-cost social media, by assessing change in the proportions of new PEP patient visits, to the clinical site where the campaign directed consumers, using one-sided z-test for proportions, before and after the media campaign. The proportion of new PEP patients increased significantly after the media campaign in the periods examined, suggesting that such campaigns may increase PEP demand.
Jeremy Fagan, Victoria Frye, Rose Calixte, Sachin Jain, Lovely Molla, Adeola Lawal, Marcus P Mosley, Emily Greene, Kenneth H Mayer, Barry S Zingman. It's Like Plan B but for HIV!" Design and Evaluation of a Media Campaign to Drive Demand for PEP. AIDS and behavior. 2020 Dec;24(12):3337-3345
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