Open AccessDo You PrEP? A Review of Primary Care Provider Knowledge of PrEP and Attitudes on Prescribing PrEP
Author(s) -
Leah Turner,
Abbey Roepke,
Emily Wardell,
Anne M. Teitelman
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the journal of the association of nurses in aids care/journal of the association of nurses in aids care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.636
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1552-6917
pISSN - 1055-3290
DOI - 10.1016/j.jana.2017.11.002
Subject(s) - cinahl , medicine , pre exposure prophylaxis , scopus , family medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , inclusion (mineral) , medline , primary care , intervention (counseling) , nursing , psychological intervention , psychology , men who have sex with men , social psychology , political science , law , syphilis
Oral preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has been proven to be a safe and effective means of preventing HIV. The purpose of our literature review was to examine primary care provider knowledge and attitudes about prescribing PrEP. PubMed, CINAHL, Web of Science, and Scopus were searched and additional articles were identified through other sources, yielding 11 articles that met inclusion criteria. Overall, there was high variability among providers regarding attitudes, knowledge, and prescriptive practices related to PrEP. PrEP continues to be an underutilized HIV prevention intervention and more research focusing on provider-specific factors is warranted.