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Public health Sexual health
Volume 224 - Published ahead of Issue 11

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

Authors:  Haein Lee, Fabian Y. S. Kong, Ei T. Aung, Vincent J. Cornelisse, Teralynn Ludwick, Christopher K. Fairley, Benjamin Riley, Phyu Mon Latt, Eric P. F. Chow

Correspondence: phyumon.latt@monash.edu

Correspondence: eric.chow@monash.edu

Med J Aust 2026 || doi: 10.5694/mja2.70329
Published online: 3 November 2026
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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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