Paradoxes of PrEP for HIV Prevention

• Record Nr.: UNISA996647821703316
• Autore: Skovdal Morten
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bristol : , : Policy Press, , 2025; ©2025
• ISBN: 9781447372516; 1447372514
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (189 pages)
• Disciplina: 616.979205
• Soggetti: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Contents -- List of figures, tables, and boxes -- Preface -- PrEP for HIV prevention -- The case studies -- Free, yet costly -- Eligible, yet ineligible -- Responsible, yet irresponsible -- Healthy, yet a patient -- Safe, yet unsafe -- Liberating, yet constraining -- PrEP paradoxes: problematic, yet productive -- Notes -- References -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a drug taken by HIV-negative people that reduces the risk of getting HIV. Comparing two case studies in Denmark and Zimbabwe, this book demonstrates six paradoxes that users often encounter in navigating their PrEP journey.