{"doi":"10.1007/s10461-024-04455-3","title":"Factors Associated with Usage of Oral-PrEP among Female Sex Workers in Nairobi, Kenya, Assessed by Self-Report and a Point-of-Care Urine Tenofovir Immunoassay","abstract":"Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is highly effective at reducing HIV acquisition. We aimed to estimate usage of oral-PrEP, and factors associated with adherence among female sex workers (FSWs) in Nairobi, Kenya, using a novel point-of-care urine tenofovir lateral flow assay (LFA). The Maisha Fiti study randomly selected FSWs from Sex Worker Outreach Program clinics in Nairobi. Data were collected from 1003 FSWs from June-October 2019, including surveys on self-reported oral-PrEP adherence. Adherence was also measured using the LFA for HIV-negative FSWs currently taking oral-PrEP. Informed by a social-ecological theoretical framework, we used hierarchical multivariable logistic regression models to estimate associations between individual, interpersonal/community, and structural/institutional-level factors and either self-reported or LFA-assessed adherence. Overall, 746 HIV-negative FSWs aged 18-40 participated in the study, of whom 180 (24.1%) self-reported currently taking oral-PrEP. Of these, 56 (31.1%) were adherent to oral-PrEP as measured by LFA. In the multivariable analyses, associations with currently taking oral-PrEP included having completed secondary education, high alcohol/substance use, feeling empowered to use PrEP, current intimate partner, no recent intimate partner violence, having support from sex worker organisations, experiencing sex work-related stigma, and seeking healthcare services despite stigma. Associations with oral-PrEP LFA-measured adherence measured included having only primary education, experience of childhood emotional violence, belonging to a higher wealth tertile, and being nulliparous. Oral-PrEP adherence, measured by self-report or objectively, is low among FSWs in Nairobi. Programs to improve oral-PrEP usage among FSWs should work to mitigate social and structural barriers and involve collaboration between FSWs, healthcare providers and policymakers.","journal":"AIDS and Behavior","year":2024,"id":445268,"datarank":0.0,"base_score":0.0,"endowment":0.0,"self_citation_contribution":0.0,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.0,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":7,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":0.9613,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":true,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":"2024-01-01","fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":366531,"name":"Matthew A. 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