HIV in Karnataka, south India disproportionately burdens female sex workers (FSWs) and men who have sex with men (MSM). The best long-term strategy for managing the global HIV epidemic might involve a preventive vaccine; however, vaccine availability cannot guarantee its acceptability. An exploratory, cross-sectional study was conducted among frontline health service providers (HSPs) working with MSM/FSWs in relation to HIV-related health services in Karnataka. Face-to-face structured interviews were performed to better understand potential barriers/facilitators to acceptability/uptake of a future HIV vaccine among MSM/FSW communities. Descriptive analyses explored HSPs’ perceptions of vaccine acceptability/uptake and likelihood to recommend an HIV vaccine. Although HSPs mentioned numerous potential barriers to future HIV vaccine acceptability/uptake, most believed that MSM/FSWs would be willing to receive the vaccine to protect their health and avoid HIV. HSPs reported being very likely to recommend the vaccine, however young age of potential vaccine recipients negatively affected likelihood to recommend.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:MANITOBA/oai:mspace.lib.umanitoba.ca:1993/22027 |
| Date | 15 August 2013 |
| Creators | McClarty, Leigh Michelle |
| Contributors | Becker, Marissa (Medical Microbiology) Wylie, John (Community Health Sciences), Lorway, Robert (Community Health Sciences) Mignone, Javier (Family and Social Sciences) Kasper, Ken (Medical Microbiology) Elliott, Lawrence (Community Health Sciences) |
| Source Sets | University of Manitoba Canada |
| Detected Language | English |
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