HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis awareness, practices, and comfort among urban and rural family medicine physicians.
Christopher OwensPublished in: The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2022)
Education, skill-building, and collaborative partnership interventions could improve the comfort levels of rural family medicine physicians in implementing the PrEP guidelines for their adolescent patients. Future research is needed to understand the factors that explain the differences in PrEP-related attitudes and practices between urban and rural family medicine physicians. Results from such studies could inform provider-based interventions that ultimately increase PrEP use and decrease HIV rates among rural adolescents.
Keyphrases
- primary care
- men who have sex with men
- south africa
- hiv positive
- hiv testing
- healthcare
- antiretroviral therapy
- young adults
- physical activity
- hiv infected
- human immunodeficiency virus
- quality improvement
- hepatitis c virus
- end stage renal disease
- mental health
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- hiv aids
- current status
- case control