Open AccessProviders PrEP: Identifying Primary Health care Providers' Biases as Barriers to Provision of Equitable PrEP Services
Author(s) -
Susan Hull,
Hanna Tessema,
Jeri Thuku,
Rachel K. Scott
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.0000000000002750
Subject(s) - pre exposure prophylaxis , psychological intervention , medicine , health care , willingness to accept , family medicine , men who have sex with men , psychology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , willingness to pay , nursing , syphilis , economics , microeconomics , economic growth
Despite their disparately high HIV incidence and voiced willingness to use pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), Black cisgender women's knowledge and uptake of PrEP are low, especially relative to White cisgender women and men who have sex with men. Mounting evidence demonstrates that health care provider recommendations are a critical factor in women's awareness, willingness, and ability to uptake PrEP. Health care providers may make clinical judgments about who is (not) a good candidate for PrEP based on unconscious and conscious stereotypes and prejudice.