Open AccessHIV nonoccupational postexposure prophylaxis for sexual assault cases: a 3-year investigation
Author(s) -
Lolade Shipeolu,
Kari Sampsel,
A Reeves,
Farriss Blaskovits,
M. Heimerl,
Katherine A. Muldoon
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.195
H-Index - 216
eISSN - 1473-5571
pISSN - 0269-9370
DOI - 10.1097/qad.0000000000002507
Subject(s) - medicine , post exposure prophylaxis , odds ratio , sexual assault , poison control , logistic regression , emergency department , injury prevention , pediatrics , demography , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , family medicine , emergency medicine , psychiatry , sociology
Nonoccupational postexposure prophylaxis (nPEP) programs offer antiretroviral therapy to prevent HIV following at-risk exposures like sexual assault. We investigated the levels of elective nPEP uptake among sexual assault cases presenting for emergency medical care.