CCO Infectious Disease Podcast

Barriers to HIV PrEP: Addressing Intersectionality

Episode Summary

Listen to Latesha Elopre, MD, MSPH, discuss PrEP inequalities and strategies on addressing intersectionality to increase PrEP uptake.

Episode Notes

In this episode, Latesha Elopre, MD, MSPH, discusses key considerations to barriers to PrEP uptake, including:

• Addressing disparities among racial and ethnic minority populations
• Understanding the concept of intersectionality 
• Tackling multiple levels of intersectionality
• Individual (eg, self-stigma, mental health)
• Network (eg, access to PrEP services)
• Community (eg, racism, stigma, poverty)
• Social and structural (eg, laws/policies)
• Epidemic (eg, population level of viremia)

Presenter: 

Latesha Elopre, MD, MSPH
Associate Professor
Division of Infectious Diseases
Assistant Dean of Diversity and Inclusion
General Medical Education
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama

Content based on an online CME program supported by an independent educational grant from ViiV Healthcare.

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