Facilitators, Barriers, and Opportunities to Implementing Sexual History Screening and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis at a Federally Qualified Health Center.

Sexual history screening (SHS) is recommended to determine risk for acquisition of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and eligibility for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). SHS and PrEP are underutilized, sequential screening, and prevention practices. This study aimed to understand factors impacting...

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Publicado en:AIDS Patient Care & STDs Vol. 38; no. 5; pp. 230 - 238
Autores principales: Gagnon, Kelly W., Coulter, Robert W.S., Egan, James E., Ho, Ken, Hawk, Mary
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. May2024
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          Gagnon, Kelly W.
          Coulter, Robert W.S.
          Egan, James E.
          Ho, Ken
          Hawk, Mary
        affil: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Heersink School of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
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          Sexual Health History
          Patient History Taking
          HIV Infections Prevention and Control
          Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis
          Program Implementation Psychosocial Factors
          Health Services Accessibility
          Hospitals, Federal Connecticut
          HIV Infections Risk Factors
          Risk Assessment
          Health Screening
          Connecticut
          Semi-Structured Interview
          Human
          Implementation Science
          Telecommunications
          Physicians, Family
          Medical Assistants
          Convenience Sample
          Purposive Sample
          Thematic Analysis
          Prescriptions, Non-Drug
          Health Policy
          Insurance, Health
          HIV Infections Therapy
          Disease Outbreaks Prevention and Control
          Disease Eradication
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      ab: Sexual history screening (SHS) is recommended to determine risk for acquisition of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and eligibility for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). SHS and PrEP are underutilized, sequential screening, and prevention practices. This study aimed to understand factors impacting the implementation of SHS and PrEP at a multi-site federally qualified health center (FQHC) in Connecticut. Guided by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research, semistructured interviews were conducted on Zoom with primary care providers (PCPs), medical assistants, clinical leadership, and PrEP navigators. Convenience and purposive sampling took place via email until thematic saturation was achieved. Thematic analysis was conducted. Twenty-two participants were interviewed for this study. PCPs lacked knowledge and reported limited or no use of SHS to determine patients' level of HIV risk, which may explain why most PCPs relied on patients to request PrEP. While PCPs perceived organizational support to prescribe PrEP, clinical staff were unaware of structural resources. Lastly, participants described a vertical trajectory of influence from external sources (policies and insurance) to time allocated to appointments that limits their ability to implement SHS and PrEP, further complicated by the electronic health record and disparities in structural resources across clinical sites. This study provides foundational evidence for future research on implementation strategies to improve HIV prevention through universal, comprehensive SHS to identify patients for PrEP. Overcoming barriers to SHS and PrEP, particularly in clinical settings such as FQHCs that care for vulnerable populations, may improve identification, prevention, and treatment of HIV and aid in ending the HIV epidemic.
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