CCO Infectious Disease Podcast

Q&A on HIV PrEP: Episode 4 on Adolescents and Young Adults Part 2

Episode Summary

Listen as Samantha V. Hill, MD, MPH, and Eunice E. Radcliff, MD, address key considerations for PrEP uptake among adolescents, including maintaining confidentiality, increasing awareness of PrEP, and combining PrEP discussions with other sexual health needs.

Episode Notes

In this episode, Samantha V. Hill, MD, MPH, and Eunice E. Radcliff, MD, discuss key considerations for PrEP uptake in adolescents, including: 

• Advice on talking with parents about the importance of adolescents having alone time with their healthcare professionals
• Maintaining confidentiality when someone is on their parents’ insurance
• Strategies to increase awareness, uptake, engagement, and persistence on PrEP among adolescents
• Having discussions about HIV prevention and PrEP along with the HPV vaccine, STI testing, or contraception

Faculty

Samantha V. Hill, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Division of General Pediatrics
Section on Adolescent Health
Department of Pediatrics
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia

Eunice E. Radcliff, MD
Assistant Professor General Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia

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