CCO Infectious Disease Podcast

Are We Making Our Patients Fight for PrEP?

Episode Summary

Martin Rios, an HIV PrEP user and advocate, discusses how healthcare professionals have been either the biggest supporters of or barriers to people receiving the HIV prevention care for which they are asking.

Episode Notes

In this episode, Martin Rios discusses how pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) persistence depends on healthcare professional knowledge, including:

• Their own experiences with the various PrEP providers they have seen
• The relief that has come with seeing PrEP providers who are supportive and knowledgeable about the different PrEP options
• The challenges that have come with seeing PrEP providers who are unwilling to prescribe PrEP altogether or who will prescribe PrEP when asked but are not knowledgeable about the options

Faculty: 

Martin Rios
PrEP User and Advocate
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Link to full program:
https://bit.ly/3ZlICsL