CCO Infectious Disease Podcast

PrEP Talks: Strategies for Advanced Practice Providers to Increase Uptake

Episode Summary

Listen as Dr Tavell Kindall and Jona Tanguay discuss resources for offering PrEP in primary care, strategies to facilitate conversations about PrEP initiation, and methods to simplify PrEP uptake for both patients and healthcare professionals.

Episode Notes

In this episode, Dr Tavell Kindall and Jona Tanguay discuss actionable strategies for advanced practice providers to increase the frequency at which PrEP is offered and initiated in primary care settings. Topics covered include:

• Available training resources on how to offer PrEP in primary care
• Affordable, accessible PrEP options, including patient assistance programs
• Using electronic health records to identify candidates for PrEP
• Opportunities to offer PrEP during appointments regarding birth control, STIs, or any other sexual health concerns
• How to offer 3-site STI testing at your facility
• Wrapping PrEP into primary care
• Incorporating navigators or care coordinators to reduce logistical barriers and reach underserved populations
• Rapid testing, mobile testing, and Tele-PrEP as ways to facilitate PrEP initiation and simplify routine PrEP visits
• Healthcare professionals’ personal biases as a potential barrier to PrEP
• Using ICD-10 codes for HIV PrEP as a way to further destigmatize PrEP and simplify billing

Faculty:

Tavell L. Kindall, PhD, DNP, ARNP, FNP-BC, AACRN, AAHIVS, FAANP
Director, HIV Prevention and Treatment
St. Thomas Community Health Center
New Orleans, Louisiana

Jona Tanguay, MMSc, PA-C, AAHIVS
Medical Program Lead - Substance Use Disorders at Whitman-Walker Health
Associate Medical Director - Transgender Health at Amida Care
President-Elect at GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality
Clinical Instructor at Yale School of Medicine
Founder at ChemsexHarmReduction.org
Washington, DC

Content is supported by independent educational grants from Gilead Sciences, Inc. and ViiV Healthcare.

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