CCO Infectious Disease Podcast

Optimizing PrEP Selection and Persistence for MSM

Episode Summary

Shared decision-making in an open and sex-positive environment is essential for PrEP uptake—and to me, patient follow-up and support are 2 key ways we can promote PrEP persistence.

Episode Notes

In this episode, Jason E. Farley, PhD, MPH, ANP-BC, FAAN, FAANP, AACRN, discusses optimizing HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) selection and persistence for men who have sex with men (MSM), including:

• Disparities in PrEP uptake for MSM
• What healthcare professionals can do to address disparities in PrEP uptake
• Providing PrEP within a program that includes sexual health and primary care services, in addition to prescribing PrEP
• PrEP medication options for MSM
• Helping patients access PrEP medications
• Barriers to PrEP persistence
• Strategies for aiding in PrEP persistence, including:  
          - Increasing access to healthcare professionals through text messaging and telemedicine 
          - Ensuring a welcome and sex-positive environment 
          - Partnering with pharmacists and community health workers for follow-up
   

Jason E. Farley, PhD, MPH, ANP-BC, FAAN, FAANP, AACRN
Professor
School of Nursing
Johns Hopkins University
Nurse Practitioner
Department of Infectious Diseases
John G. Bartlett Specialty Practice
Baltimore, Maryland 

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