The intention to use HIV-pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among men who have sex with men in Switzerland: testing an extended explanatory model drawing on the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT)

• Published in: Journal of public health Vol. 26; no. 3; pp. 247 - 259
• Main Authors: Nideröst, Sibylle, Gredig, Daniel, Hassler, Benedikt, Uggowitzer, Franziska, Weber, Patrick
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.06.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Antiretroviral drugs; Bivariate analysis; Data collection; Data processing; Disease prevention; Epidemiology; Expectancy; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; HIV; Human immunodeficiency virus; Mathematical models; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Motivation; Original; Original Article; Privacy; Prophylaxis; Public Health; Sexually transmitted diseases; Statistical tests; STD; Technology utilization; Switzerland; HIV/AIDS; Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP); Unified theory of acceptance and use of technology; Switzerland; Men having sex with men (MSM); Acceptability

Aim The aim of this study was to determine the intention to use pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) when available and to identify predictors of the intention to use PrEP among men who have sex with men (MSM) living in Switzerland. The theoretical model drew on the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use o...