Primary Care Physicians’ Willingness to Prescribe HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for People who Inject Drugs

Autor:	Sarah K. Calabrese, David A. Fiellin, Viraj V. Patel, Minesh Shah, Jeanette M. Tetrault, Brent A. Moore, Karran A. Phillips, Chinazo O. Cunningham, Gail Berkenblit, Oni J. Blackstock, E. Jennifer Edelman
Rok vydání:	2016
Předmět:	Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Social Psychology Anti-HIV Agents Attitude of Health Personnel education Psychological intervention Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) HIV Infections medicine.disease_cause Physicians Primary Care Article 03 medical and health sciences Pre-exposure prophylaxis 0302 clinical medicine Unsafe Sex Odds Ratio medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Substance Abuse Intravenous Health Services Needs and Demand 030505 public health business.industry Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Odds ratio Middle Aged medicine.disease United States Substance abuse Health psychology Infectious Diseases Health Care Surveys Emergency medicine Female Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis 0305 other medical science business
Zdroj:	AIDS and Behavior. 21:1025-1033
ISSN:	1573-3254 1090-7165
Popis:	Pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV (PrEP) is recommended for people who inject drugs (PWID). Despite their central role in disease prevention, willingness to prescribe PrEP to PWID among primary care physicians (PCPs) is largely understudied. We conducted an online survey (April–May 2015) of members of a society for academic general internists regarding PrEP. Among 250 respondents, 74% (n = 185) of PCPs reported high willingness to prescribe PrEP to PWID. PCPs were more likely to report high willingness to prescribe PrEP to all other HIV risk groups (p’s
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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