CCO Infectious Disease Podcast

PrEP Talks: Uptake in Racial and Ethnic Minority Men Who Have Sex With Men and Transgender Individuals

Episode Summary

Hear a conversation between Kenyon R. Farrow and Raphael J. Landovitz, MD, MSc, on key considerations on PrEP uptake in transgender individuals and racial and ethnic minority men who have sex with men, including the importance of representation at clinic offices and promoting cultural humility to build strong patient–provider relationships.

Episode Notes

In this episode, Kenyon R. Farrow and Raphael J. Landovitz, MD, MSc, discuss key considerations to PrEP uptake in transgender individuals and racial and ethnic minority men who have sex with men, including: 

• Rates of HIV diagnoses in Black and Brown communities
• Issues stalling success in HIV prevention (eg, stigma, healthcare coverage, and administration and operational barriers)
• Considerations for healthcare professionals when discussing PrEP with patients
• Importance of representation (eg, racial and ethnic minority people, transgender people) at clinic offices
• Promoting cultural humility to build strong patient-provider relationships

Faculty: 

Kenyon R. Farrow
Vice President of Policy
Point Source Youth
Contributing Editor
TheBody.com
Cleveland, Ohio

Raphael J. Landovitz, MD, MSc
Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles
Director, UCLA Center for Clinical AIDS Co-Director, Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services
Los Angeles, California

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