Nacht Carrie L, Felner Jennifer K, Muthuramalingam Sandhya, Towner William, Ling Grant Deborah, Martos Alexander, Chang John M, Hechter Rulin, Storholm Erik D
San Diego State University, School of Public Health, San Diego, CA.
San Diego State University Research Foundation, Institute for Behavioral and Community Health, San Diego, CA.
J Clin Res HIV AIDS Prev. 2022;4(2):15-31. doi: 10.14302/issn.2324-7339.jcrhap-22-4371. Epub 2022 Dec 31.
Although pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is highly effective at preventing HIV infection, only around 25% of at-risk individuals in the United States have accessed a prescription. One way to increase PrEP uptake is through the sexual health screening of patients and linkage to PrEP in primary care settings. The objective of this analysis was to assess the barriers and implementation strategies during a screening and linkage to PrEP pilot intervention. Primary care patients were screened for PrEP indication during routine primary care visits. Of the 1,225 individuals screened, 1.8% (n=22) were eligible for PrEP and from those, 77.3% (n=17) attended the specialist appointment and were prescribed PrEP. Primary care patients (n=30) and providers (n=8) then participated in semi-structured interviews assessing their experience with the pilot intervention. Using an applied thematic analytic approach, patients and providers identified barriers and related improvement strategies that could be classified into four main categories: , and . Findings support the accepatability and feasibility of screening for PrEP in primary care along with appropriate implementation strategies. This study suggests that because of the high volume of patients seen in primary care, sexual health screenings and linkage to PrEP interventions have the potential to reduce new incident HIV infections among diverse sexual minority men.
尽管暴露前预防(PrEP)在预防艾滋病毒感染方面非常有效,但在美国,只有约25%的高危人群获得了PrEP处方。增加PrEP使用率的一种方法是通过对患者进行性健康筛查,并在初级保健机构中将其与PrEP联系起来。本分析的目的是评估在一项PrEP筛查及联系试点干预过程中的障碍和实施策略。在常规初级保健就诊期间,对初级保健患者进行PrEP适应症筛查。在接受筛查的1225人中,1.8%(n = 22)符合PrEP条件,其中77.3%(n = 17)参加了专科预约并获得了PrEP处方。然后,初级保健患者(n = 30)和提供者(n = 8)参与了半结构化访谈,评估他们在试点干预中的体验。采用应用主题分析方法,患者和提供者确定了可分为四大类别的障碍及相关改进策略: ,以及 。研究结果支持在初级保健中进行PrEP筛查的可接受性和可行性以及适当的实施策略。这项研究表明,由于初级保健中就诊的患者数量众多,性健康筛查以及与PrEP干预的联系有可能减少不同性少数男性中的新发艾滋病毒感染。
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