Study Participants and Recruitment
HIV-negative or HIV status unknown, MSM
RECRUITMENT
Eligibility criteria included (1) being 18 years or older; (2) identifying as a cis-gender man; (3) self-reporting an HIV-negative or HIV status unknown at screening; (4) not having used PrEP previously (ie, PrEP naive); (5) self-reporting evidence of being at risk for HIV acquisition, as defined by the World Health Organization PrEP clinical guidelines [In total, 50 participants were recruited between March and April 2022 using in-person and online recruitment strategies. For in-person recruitment, flyers were distributed to potential participants as well as posted at local partner organizations (eg, clinics, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender [LGBT]–friendly community-based organizations). Additionally, we used various general and MSM-specific social media platforms as venues for participant recruitment. These included placing advertisements in geosocial networking (GSN) apps popular among MSM in Malaysia (ie, Hornet) as well as posting study flyers on Malaysian MSM–focused Facebook pages. Interested individuals who clicked on an advertisement were directed to the study website [