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Message framing strategies to promote the uptake of PrEP
Results from formative research with diverse adult populations in the United States
Boudewyns, V., Uhrig, J. D., Williams, P. A., Stryker, J. E., & Anderson, S. K. E. (2024). Message framing strategies to promote the uptake of PrEP: Results from formative research with diverse adult populations in the United States. AIDS and Behavior, 28(2), 535-546. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-023-04242-6
There are no evidence-based recommendations for communicating about pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as part of a broader HIV-prevention messaging approach. To inform future message development related to PrEP uptake, we interviewed 235 individuals across ten locations in the U.S. to explore their understanding and perceptions of draft HIV prevention messages and assess their overall preferences for a broad or PrEP-focused messaging approach. Participants responded favorably to and related to both draft messages. Participants who were not aware of PrEP were more likely to say the broad HIV-prevention message was personally relevant than those aware of PrEP. There were no significant differences in perceived personal relevance for the PrEP-focused message. Qualitative findings suggest that HIV prevention messages should use specific well-defined terms, include links to additional information, and use choice-enhancing language that emphasizes personal agency and frames the call to action as an informed decision among an array of effective prevention options.No existen recommendaciones basadas en evidencia para comunicar sobre la profilaxis prexposicion (PrEP) como parte de un efoque mas amplio de mensajes de prevencion del VIH. Para informar el desarrollo de mansajes relacionados con el consumo de la PrEP, entrevistamos a 235 personas en 10 ubicaciones en los EE.UU. para explorar su comprension y percepciones de los borradores de mensajes de prevencion del VIH y evaluar sus preferencias generales por un enfoque de mensajeria amplio o centrado en la PrEP. Los participantes respondieron favorablemente y relacionadoscon ambos barradores de mensajes. Los participantes que no conocian la PrEP tenian mas probabilidades de decir que el mansaje general de prevencion amplia de VIH era personalmente relevent que aquellos que conocian la PrEP. No existe differencias significativas en la relevancia personal percibida para el mensaje centrado en la PrEP. Los hallazgos cualitativos sugieren que los mensajes de prevencion del VIH deben utilizar terminos especificos bien definidos, incluir enlaces a informacion adicional y utilizar un lenguaje que mejore las opciones, que enfatice la agencia personal y enmarque el llamado a la accion como una decision informada entre una variedad de opciones de prevencion efectivas.