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This study aimed to assess a program providing free PrEP to overseas-born adults at risk of acquiring HIV.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Medicare-Ineligible Expanded Implementation in Communities (MI-EPIC) was a single-arm, open-label trial of daily tenofovir disoproxil fumarate\/emtricitabine as PrEP. Six clinics recruited Medicare-ineligible adults who met HIV risk criteria in New South Wales, Australia. We recorded data on HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) diagnoses, and PrEP dispensing from July 2019 to June 2020. PrEP adherence as a medication possession ratio (MPR) was calculated as pills dispensed divided by days. We administered an optional survey on behaviours and attitudes to PrEP and sexual health.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The 221 participants (206 men; 93.2%) had a median age of 29\u00a0years (IQR 26\u201334). Participants were mostly born in Asia (53.4%), Latin America or the Caribbean (25.3%), or Europe (10.9%). Adherence was high; 190 participants (86.0%) had an MPR of &amp;gt;60%. Of 121 survey participants, 42 (34.7%) completed the survey in a language other than English. Of participants who had not used PrEP in the 6\u00a0months before enrolment (n\u00a0=\u00a045, 37.2%), the most common reasons were cost (n\u00a0=\u00a022, 48.9%), and lack of knowledge about accessing PrEP (n\u00a0=\u00a020, 44.4%).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Medicare-ineligible people at risk of HIV demonstrate high adherence when given access to free PrEP and translated information. Increasing PrEP awareness and reducing barriers to accessing PrEP in this high-risk population should be priorities in HIV prevention.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1071\/sh21096","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,12]],"date-time":"2021-12-12T17:57:55Z","timestamp":1639331875000},"page":"453-459","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":21,"title":["Overcoming barriers to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) coverage in Australia among Medicare-ineligible people at risk of HIV: results from the MI-EPIC clinical trial"],"prefix":"10.1071","volume":"18","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9581-1011","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Curtis","family":"Chan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"AThe Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 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