Accessing HIV PrEP in regional and rural New South Wales

About the Program

Despite HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) being added to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) in April 2018, 18-to-25-year gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (gbMSM) continue to experience higher rates of HIV infection than older gbMSM. Identifying as a young gay, bisexual man, or being a man who has sex with men in a regional or rural community can be challenging.

We want you to assist us in improving your access to PrEP in regional and rural areas, by participating in our research. We want to know about the barriers you have experienced in accessing PrEP, as well as the things which have allowed you to access PrEP.

We want to hear the good and the bad.

Your participation in this research allows us to understand access to PrEP in regional and rural communities, allowing us to assist in virtually eliminating HIV transmission in young men and the broader community by 2030 so that the next generation of young gbMSM do not have to experience living with HIV.

Eligibility

To participate in this project, you need to meet the following criteria:

  • Live in a regional, rural, or remote area in New South Wales.
  • Be aged 18 to 25 years.
  • Have been assigned male sex at birth.
  • Self-identify as gay or bisexual, or you are a man who has sex with men (you identify as heterosexual).
  • Are willing to complete a (up to) 10-minute online survey.
  • You do not need to be taking PrEP to participate.

Take the next step

If you’re interested in participating, please complete our online survey. You can also scan the QR code to access it.

QR code linking to HIV PrEP survey

More information

We know that being a young gbMSM living in a regional, rural or remote community can be a challenge. Any information that you provide to us through the survey is completely anonymous and you cannot be identified or ‘outed’ by participating in our research.

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