Health Departments and PrEP: A Missed Opportunity for Public Health.
J Law Med Ethics
; 50(S1): 64-68, 2022.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2255485
ABSTRACT
The paper identifies common barriers and challenges to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake and offers considerations for state and local public health departments to address barriers and retool infrastructure to increase access to PrEP to new users. Authors identify synergistic opportunities with federal agencies and funders to advance PrEP-related HIV prevention efforts, that prioritize strategies and investments to provide PrEP to people who could benefit from the intervention but are unaware of PrEP or struggle to access it. Barriers discussed and examined include financing strategies to reduce financial burden of PrEP medication, expanding PrEP access and outreach beyond clinical settings, and increasing the network and reach of the provider community to serve people we oppress through policy choices and discourses of racial and socioeconomic inferiority.
Keywords
Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
HIV Infections
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Anti-HIV Agents
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Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
J Law Med Ethics
Journal subject:
Nursing
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Ethics
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Jurisprudence
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Medicine
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Health Services Research
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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