Publications by authors named "M M van den Elshout"
Article Synopsis
- This study investigates the sexual health of migrant female sex workers (FSW) in the Netherlands, focusing on their likelihood of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV compared to Western-born FSW.
- It analyzes data from over 27,000 clinic visits between 2016 and 2021, revealing that first-generation migrant FSW had a significantly lower diagnosis rate for certain STIs but a higher occurrence of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B.
- The findings suggest a need for improved access to sexual healthcare services for migrant FSW due to their different health challenges and lower rates of follow-up consultations.
Objective: HIV can be effectively prevented by oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). When PrEP was introduced, there was apprehension that condom use would decrease and STIs would increase. The purpose of this study was to investigate sexual behaviour and STI incidence among PrEP users.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: An increasing number of countries are currently implementing or scaling-up HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) care. With the introduction of PrEP, there was apprehension that condom use would decline and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) would increase. To inform sexual health counselling and STI screening programmes, we aimed to study sexual behaviour and STI incidence among men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women who use long-term daily or event-driven PrEP.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use prevents HIV transmission, and may lead to changes in sexual behavior. We aimed to explore sexual behavior over time, and identify predictors of behavior change in men who have sex with men (MSM) using PrEP at sexual health centers (SHC) in the Netherlands. We used longitudinal data from the national STI surveillance database (January 2018-June 2021) of HIV-negative MSM who first initiated PrEP in the national PrEP pilot.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: We assessed the association and concordance between self-reported oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) intake in a diary app and intraerythrocytic drug metabolite concentrations.
Design: AMPrEP was a prospective demonstration study providing daily and event-driven PrEP to MSM in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (2015-2020).
Methods: Participants could record their PrEP intake in a diary app.