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Peer-reviewedCC BYThe Medical journal of Australia

Awareness and Prescribing Practices for Doxycycline Post‐Exposure Prophylaxis (doxyPEP) Among Healthcare Providers Delivering Sexual Health Care in Australia: A Cross‐Sectional Survey

  • Haein Lee1,2
  • Fabian Y. S. Kong3
  • Ei T. Aung1,2
  • Vincent J. Cornelisse4,5
  • Teralynn Ludwick3
  • Christopher K. Fairley1,2
  • Benjamin Riley6
  • Phyu Mon Latt1,2
  • Eric P. F. Chow1,2,3
6 affiliations
  1. 1School of Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Monash University Melbourne Victoria Australia
  2. 2Melbourne Sexual Health Centre Bayside Health Carlton Victoria Australia
  3. 3Melbourne School of Public Health The University of Melbourne Melbourne Victoria Australia
  4. 4Mid North Coast Local Health District Port Macquarie New South Wales Australia
  5. 5Kirby Institute UNSW Sydney Sydney New South Wales Australia
  6. 6Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine Sydney New South Wales Australia
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Abstract

We surveyed 215 healthcare providers delivering sexual health care in Australia about doxycycline post‐exposure prophylaxis (doxyPEP) for sexually transmitted infection prevention. Awareness was high (190/215, 88.4%) and half of those aware (94/190, 49.5%) had prescribed doxyPEP in the past 6 months. Among those who had not prescribed doxyPEP in the past 6 months, concern about antimicrobial resistance was the most frequently reported reason (85/121, 70.2%).

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@article{lee2026awareness,
  title = {{Awareness and Prescribing Practices for Doxycycline Post‐Exposure Prophylaxis (doxyPEP) Among Healthcare Providers Delivering Sexual Health Care in Australia: A Cross‐Sectional Survey}},
  author = {Haein Lee and Fabian Y. S. Kong and Ei T. Aung and Vincent J. Cornelisse and Teralynn Ludwick and Christopher K. Fairley and Benjamin Riley and Phyu Mon Latt and Eric P. F. Chow},
  journal = {The Medical journal of Australia},
  year = {2026},
  month = nov,
  doi = {10.5694/mja2.70329},
  url = {https://europepmc.org/article/PMC/PMC13730544},
  note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY  - JOUR
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AU  - Haein Lee
AU  - Fabian Y. S. Kong
AU  - Ei T. Aung
AU  - Vincent J. Cornelisse
AU  - Teralynn Ludwick
AU  - Christopher K. Fairley
AU  - Benjamin Riley
AU  - Phyu Mon Latt
AU  - Eric P. F. Chow
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/11/01
JO  - The Medical journal of Australia
DO  - 10.5694/mja2.70329
UR  - https://europepmc.org/article/PMC/PMC13730544
AB  - We surveyed 215 healthcare providers delivering sexual health care in Australia about doxycycline post‐exposure prophylaxis (doxyPEP) for sexually transmitted infection prevention. Awareness was high (190/215, 88.4%) and half of those aware (94/190, 49.5%) had prescribed doxyPEP in the past 6 months. Among those who had not prescribed doxyPEP in the past 6 months, concern about antimicrobial resistance was the most frequently reported reason (85/121, 70.2%).
SN  - 0025-729X
SN  - 1326-5377
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