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PrEP4Kink
A groundbreaking HIV prevention study to evaluate the effects of PrEP education to Kink/ Leather/ BDSM and fetish involved people who have never taken PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis) or who are not currently taking PrEP.
Kinky people talk a lot about sex ...
but why don’t we talk more about PrEP?
Kinky and Curious to know more about HIV Prevention?
Kinky and Curious to know more about HIV Prevention?
PrEP (HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis medication) is generally seen as something used by urban gay white men, but there are many others who may also benefit from taking PrEP. They may not have seen themselves as eligible, did not know about the customizable ways to take it, or felt current promotional programs did not speak to them.
The focus of this first of-its-kind study will be on a particular HIV vulnerable audience; kink-involved people who also have identities that often contribute to feelings of misrepresentation and invisibility - kinky HIV-vulnerable people who also may be women, trans, BIPOC, sex workers, and those who live in rural areas or those who meet bias by healthcare providers.
Click here to check your eligibility: PrEP4Kink Eligibility?
What is the PrEP4Kink Study?
PrEP4Kink aims to assess the factors that increase the uptake of PrEP in a novel sexual subculture by testing the impact of an entertainment-education intervention.
Every three months over the course of one year, we will ask participants to watch one or two short videos and answer some questions online; accessed via phone, desktop or laptop.
In the videos, people from a wide variety of genders, lifestyles, orientations and cultures, will talk about their experiences on PrEP.
The study will track the study participant's PrEP knowledge and attitudes, and measure any change in decisions to take this medication to prevent HIV.
Participants do not have to choose to take PrEP to be a part of, or to continue participating in the PrEP4kink study.
What participants should know about participating:
No participant will be required to begin PrEP or continue taking PrEP to complete this study
Medication will not be supplied to participants in this study. If interested in starting PrEP, participants will need to see a healthcare provider via in-person or telehealth visits, for prescribing, ongoing health testing and medication monitoring
After finishing each viewing session, participants will be paid $20 in a gift card, redeemable online. The total amount received will be $120 if all the steps in the study are completed.
Participants can participate for as long as they want, and can stop participating at any time.
Participants can choose if their responses will be used in future research projects.
Click here to check your eligibility for the study! Am I Eligible?
To be eligible for this kink related research study, participants will need to be:
Currently engaging, or have engaged in the last 6 months, in consensual kink activities such as power exchange (Dominant/submissive roles), bondage, sadomasochism, or fetish activities. By fetish, we mean a type of sexual desire in which gratification depends on or is significantly increased by particular objects, clothing items, parts of the body, or types of persons.
Currently engaging, or have engaged in the last 6 months, at least one of these activities:
consensual sexual activities that involve unprotected anal or vaginal sex;
sexual activities with an HIV positive partner of unknown viral load;
inconsistent use of condoms in the last six months;
have had an STI in the last six months;
have had sex with someone who injects drugs or who has shared equipment for injecting drugs in the last six months
Self report that are negative for the HIV virus, or don’t know their HIV status
Have never been or are not currently on PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis), though they may have taken it in the past
Are residing in the USA
Of legal adult age in the state where they live
Weigh at least 75 lbs
Have access to the internet
Can read and understand English well enough to complete an online survey
Direct any other questions or concerns about the
PrEP4Kink Study to the Principal Investigator at
(510) 919-4488 or at PrEP4Kink@proton.me
The PrEP4Kink research project was developed by a team of researchers at TASHRA (tashra.org,) and is a collaborative study and funded by a research grant with Gilead Sciences. PrEP4Kink is approved by an impartial IRB* committee (adhering to U.S. regulations) to ensure that participant information will be encrypted and protected, and that participants are at no health risk by being involved in this study. Contact the WCG Institutional Review Board at researchquestions@wcgirb.com (855) 818-2289 with any additional questions or concerns.
PrEP4Kink is a research project created by TASHRA - The Alternative Sexualities Health Research Alliance, who strive to identify the distinct health disparities of those who engage in kink erotic behaviors. TASHRA is a 501c-3 organization working to support the wellbeing of both kink/BDSM/leather and fetish interested people and to train the mental and physical healthcare providers who serve them. Check out TASHRA's research and programs at TASHRA.org. Stay connected with TASHRA on Instagram - @kinkhealth, Twitter - @kinkhealth and Fetlife at TASHRA
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