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ArticleHealth communication2026

"It Is in the Air": Seeking and Scanning for Information About Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Among Young-Adult Men Who Have Sex with Men in the US.

Chris Skurka, Cassandra L C Troy, Yin Yang, Rachel A Smith, Samantha Tornello, Joshua G Rosenberger, Timothy R Brick, Jessica Gall Myrick

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Article in Health communication, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Chris SkurkaDepartment of Media Studies, Penn State University.ORCID 0000-0002-0613-3475
Cassandra L C TroyDepartment of Journalism, College of Media, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.ORCID 0000-0002-6589-2906
Yin YangSchool of Communication, Florida State University.
Rachel A SmithDepartment of Communication Arts and Sciences, Penn State University.ORCID 0000-0003-2407-7515
Samantha TornelloDepartment of Human Development and Family Studies, Penn State University.ORCID 0000-0002-1387-6314
Joshua G RosenbergerDepartment of Biobehavioral Health, Penn State University.ORCID 0000-0001-9193-8624
Timothy R BrickDepartment of Human Development and Family Studies, Penn State University.ORCID 0000-0002-3339-9279
Jessica Gall MyrickDepartment of Media Studies, Penn State University.ORCID 0000-0001-9944-5138

Funding

Enhancing Engagement with Online Health Messaging about Oral and Injectable PrEP Among Young-Adult MSMR21MH133487 · NIMH · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE · PI SKURKA, CHRISTOFER J · 2023 to 2024
$443k
NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH133487
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a biomedical intervention that dramatically lowers one's risk of acquiring HIV. However, PrEP uptake has been slow among young-adult men who have sex with men (YMSM) - one group highly vulnerable to HIV infection in the US. Drawing from health communication scholarship on information seeking and scanning, as well as on concepts from the health belief model, we convened individual interviews and focus groups with

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HIV InfectionsHomosexuality, MaleInformation Seeking BehaviorPre-Exposure ProphylaxisSexual and Gender MinoritiesAdolescentAdultFocus GroupsHumansInterviews as TopicMaleQualitative ResearchUnited StatesYoung Adult

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PMID40717505
PMCPMC12313247

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