CCO Infectious Disease Podcast

Q&A on HIV PrEP: Episode 6 on Cisgender Women

Episode Summary

Hear Meredith Clement, MD, and Whitney Irie, MSW, PhD, address key considerations for PrEP uptake among cisgender women, including strategies to leverage clinic staff and overcoming key barriers limiting PrEP uptake in cisgender women (eg, stigma, risk perception).

Episode Notes

In this episode, Meredith Clement, MD, and Whitney C. Irie, MSW, PhD, discuss key considerations for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake in cisgender women, including: 

• How to incorporate conversations on PrEP during a short clinic visit 
• Helpful resources about PrEP to share with patients
• Leveraging clinic staff to improve PrEP uptake and persistence 
• Available data on on-demand PrEP
• Approach to discussing PrEP contraindications and adverse events with patients
• Considerations for PrEP in pregnant persons or those wanting to conceive 
• The importance of inclusiveness in PrEP marketing 
• Key barriers limiting PrEP uptake in cisgender women (eg, stigma, risk perception)
• Interventions to improve PrEP uptake

Faculty

Meredith Clement, MD
Associate Professor 
Infectious Diseases 
Louisiana State University 
Health Sciences Center
New Orleans, Louisiana 

Whitney C. Irie, MSW, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Social Work
Boston College
Brighton, Massachusetts 

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