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Front. Public Health
Sec. Infectious Diseases: Epidemiology and Prevention
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1462648
This article is part of the Research Topic Public Health Promotion and Medical Education Reform, Volume III View all 19 articles

ASSESSMENT OF ACCEPTANCE AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS OF HIV PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS AMONG COMMERCIAL FEMALE SEX WORKERS IN DROP-IN CENTERS SELECTED SUB-CITIES OF ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA

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Trhas Tadesse Berhe Trhas Tadesse Berhe 1,2,3*Elefie Asfaw Asfaw Elefie Asfaw Asfaw 1Getachew Weldyohanes Tedla Getachew Weldyohanes Tedla 1
  • 1 Yekatit 12 Hospital Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  • 2 Department of Public Health, College of Public Health, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
  • 3 Department of Social and Population Health, Yekatit 12 Hospital Medical College, Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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    Background: Globally, female sex workers (FSWs) face high risk of HIV, particularly in regions like sub-Saharan Africa. In Ethiopia and Addis Ababa, the impact is significant. Implementing WHOrecommended measures, such as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), is crucial to reducing new HIV infections and addressing service access disparities among FSWs. Thus this study aimed to assess the acceptance of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) among commercial female sex workers in selected sub-cities of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2022 Method: Institution-based cross-sectional study design was conducted on three randomly selected sub-cities of Addis Ababa from June 20 to July 30, 2022. All (358) commercial sex workers available during the study period were included.A structured, pretested, and interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to collect the data.Logistic regression was used to identify factors associated with acceptance of pre-exposure prophylaxis and statistical significance was determined at P-value < 0.05. An odds ratio with a 95% confidence interval was used to measure association estimates.Result: A total of 358 female sex workers responded, 67.9% ( 95% CI:63.7, 73.2%) were willing to take pre-exposure prophylaxis. Acceptability of pre-exposure prophylaxis was significantly associated with the accessibility of pre-exposure prophylaxis at easily reachable areas (AOR3.786; 95%CI: 1.449, 9.894) and knowldege about pre-exposure prophylaxis (AOR 3.270; 95%CI: 1.336, 8.001) Conclusion: Acceptability of pre-exposure prophylaxis among female sex workers was 67.9% which is low. Accessibility of pre-exposure prophylaxis is an easily reachable area and knowledge of about it could significantly affect its acceptability.

    Keywords: acceptance, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Female sex worker, HIV, pre-exposure prophylaxis

    Received: 02 Aug 2024; Accepted: 18 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Berhe, Asfaw and Tedla. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Trhas Tadesse Berhe, Yekatit 12 Hospital Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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