Open AccessBrief Report: “I Didn't Really Have a Primary Care Provider Until I Got PrEP”: Patients' Perspectives on HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis as a Gateway to Health Care
Author(s) -
Whitney Sewell,
Victoria Powell,
Maya Ball-Burack,
Kenneth H. Mayer,
Aileen Ochoa,
Julia L. Marcus,
Douglas Krakower
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0000000000002719
Subject(s) - pre exposure prophylaxis , men who have sex with men , health care , medicine , agency (philosophy) , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , family medicine , qualitative research , psychology , nursing , sociology , social science , syphilis , economics , economic growth
HIV prevention is the primary goal of preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP); however, ancillary benefits may exist, including PrEP as an entry point to primary care.