"Far More than Just a Prescription": Focus Groups With U.S. Family Planning Providers and Staff About Integrating PrEP for HIV Prevention Into Their Work.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cisgender women in the United States use pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention at lower rates relative to other groups. Advocacy groups and patients identify family planning clinics as the preferred sites to lead PrEP implementation for women in the United States. However, limited qualitative exploration exists of U.S. family planning practitioners' attitudes toward integrating PrEP into their work.

Methods

We conducted qualitative focus groups with a convenience sample of family planning clinicians, counselors, and clinic managers to explore barriers and facilitators to PrEP provision in U.S. family planning clinics.

Results

We conducted six focus groups (total participants = 37) with respondents who worked in family planning clinics in San Fr

SUBMITTER: Razon N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10191632 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature