WOULD THE SIBLINGS OF LATINX MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN ENCOURAGE THEIR BROTHERS TO USE PrEP? FINDINGS FROM A FEASIBILITY AND ACCEPTABILITY STUDY

Homero E. Del Pino; Edwin Rojas; Jagadīśa Devaśrī Dācus; Petra Durán; Angel J. Martínez; José A. Hernández; George Ayala; María Cecilia Zea; Katrina Schrode; Nina T. Harawa

doi:10.1521/aeap.2023.35.5.390

WOULD THE SIBLINGS OF LATINX MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN ENCOURAGE THEIR BROTHERS TO USE PrEP? FINDINGS FROM A FEASIBILITY AND ACCEPTABILITY STUDY

Homero E. Del Pino^*, Edwin Rojas, Jagadīśa Devaśrī Dācus, Petra Durán, Angel J. Martínez, José A. Hernández, George Ayala, María Cecilia Zea, Katrina Schrode, Nina T. Harawa

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ISGMH - Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing

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Abstract

We explored whether siblings can be engaged in PrEP promotion. We used the Information-Motivation-Behavior model to develop and conduct surveys and dyadic interviews with Latino men who have sex with men (LMSM) and their siblings (n = 31) and three sibling-only focus groups (n = 20). For LMSM, only n = 14 (45%) agreed they would benefit from taking PrEP, yet n = 22 (71%) would take PrEP to make their sibling worry less about them, and n = 23 (74%) requested a PrEP referral. For siblings, n = 20 (65%) believed PrEP would benefit their brother, and n = 19 (95%) in the focus groups said they would take PrEP to help their brother get started. Qualitative results include (1) siblings’ support for PrEP use, (2) explicit conversations about sex were not necessary for discussing sexual health, and (3) siblings wanted to understand what they could do to encourage their brother to consider PrEP. We conclude siblings can be engaged in PrEP promotion.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	390-405
Number of pages	16
Journal	AIDS Education and Prevention
Volume	35
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1521/aeap.2023.35.5.390
State	Published - Oct 2023

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Funding statement. Homero E. del Pino received support from NIH/NIMHD U54MD007598, K01MD015002, S21MD000103, R25MD007610, and NIH/NIA P30AG021684. Homero E. del Pino and Nina T. Harawa were supported by NIH/ NCRR/NCATS UL1TR001881. Nina T. Harawa was also supported by NIH/NIMH P30MH58107 and the California HIV/AIDS Research Program (CHRP) OS17-LA-003. Jagadīśa-devaśrī Dācus received support from NIH/NIMH P30-MH43520 and T32MH019139. Homero E. del Pino received support from NIH/NIMHD U54MD007598, K01MD015002, S21MD000103, R25MD007610, and NIH/NIA P30AG021684. Homero E. del Pino and Nina T. Harawa were supported by NIH/ NCRR/NCATS UL1TR001881. Nina T. Harawa was also supported by NIH/NIMH P30MH58107 and the California HIV/AIDS Research Program (CHRP) OS17-LA-003. Jagadīśa-devaśrī Dācus received support from NIH/NIMH P30-MH43520 and T32MH019139.

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HIV
Latino
men who have sex with men
pre-exposure prophylaxis
siblings

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Del Pino, H. E., Rojas, E., Dācus, J. D., Durán, P., Martínez, A. J., Hernández, J. A., Ayala, G., Zea, M. C., Schrode, K., & Harawa, N. T. (2023). WOULD THE SIBLINGS OF LATINX MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN ENCOURAGE THEIR BROTHERS TO USE PrEP? FINDINGS FROM A FEASIBILITY AND ACCEPTABILITY STUDY. AIDS Education and Prevention, 35(5), 390-405. https://doi.org/10.1521/aeap.2023.35.5.390

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