Mapping Implementation Strategies to Address Barriers to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Use Among Women Through POWER Up (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Optimization Among Women to Enhance Retention and Uptake): Content Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Black cisgender women (hereafter referred to as "women") experience one of the highest incidences of HIV among all populations in the United States. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is an effective biomedical HIV prevention option, but uptake among women is low. Despite tailored strategies for certain populations, including men who have sex with men and transgender women, Black women are frequently overlooked in HIV prevention efforts. Strategies to increase PrEP awareness and use among Black women are needed at multiple levels (ie, community, system or clinic, provider, and individual or patient).

Objective

This study aimed to identify barriers and facilitators to PrEP uptake and persistence among Black cisgender women and to map implementation strategies to ident

SUBMITTER: Johnson AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11607547 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature