The HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Cascade at NYC Sexual Health Clinics: Navigation Is the Key to Uptake
BACKGROUND:Clinics providing sexual health care pose unique opportunities to implement HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) programs. The PrEP program at New York Cityʼs Sexual Health Clinics provides intensive on-site navigation for linkage to PrEP care. We assessed uptake of this intervention. METH...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2020-04, Vol.83 (4), p.357-364 |
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Zusammenfassung: | BACKGROUND:Clinics providing sexual health care pose unique opportunities to implement HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) programs. The PrEP program at New York Cityʼs Sexual Health Clinics provides intensive on-site navigation for linkage to PrEP care. We assessed uptake of this intervention.
METHODS:We categorized men who have sex with men (MSM) without HIV hierarchically as having had (1) HIV post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) use (past year); or (2) selected sexually transmitted infections (STI) (past year); or (3) HIV-diagnosed sex/needle-sharing partners (past 6 months); or (4) expressed interest in PrEP (day of clinic visit). We constructed PrEP cascades and used multivariable regression to examine acceptance of PrEP navigation, referral to a PrEP provider, linkage ( |
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ISSN: | 1525-4135 1944-7884 |
DOI: | 10.1097/QAI.0000000000002274 |