Brittany Luce

But also there's like a lot of sort of these intangibles like trust and comfort that are factoring in as well.

I wonder how did the people that you spoke with, Dr. Abrams, how did they consider trust or think about trust when making decisions about their sexual health?

I've experienced that.

I've heard that.

I've heard that before.

Yeah.

You don't trust me?

Yeah.

That's something that came up time and time again for my producer, Corey Antonio, among the people that they talk to out in the field.

What are some of the stereotypes or social stigmas out there, specifically surrounding men or even Black men, that might be coming up for them when they're hearing, oh, I want to get tested, or oh, can you please show me your results?

To speak plainly, a lot of them act like you just slapped them in the face and like you're working their nerves.

What pain point is being hit?

Or what assumptions about them are they worried that other people might be projecting onto them?

But suddenly everybody was very attuned to kind of the rhythms of public health initiatives.

And receptive to that knowledge and wanting to apply it immediately.

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Okay, so when we talk about sexual health and STI prevention, there's a lot of focus on preventing the transmission of HIV.

My producer, Corey Antonio, went out into the field and asked people about how much they knew about PrEP, a daily pill you take to prevent HIV.

And the results were mixed.