Primary Care Provider HIV PrEP Knowledge, Attitudes, and Prescribing Habits: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Late Adopters in Rural and Suburban Practice

• Published in: Journal of primary care & community health Vol. 14; p. 21501319221147254
• Main Authors: Sell, Jarrett, Chen, Rensa, Huber, Christopher, Parascando, Jessica, Nunez, Jonathan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.01.2023; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC; SAGE Publishing
• Subjects: Anti-HIV Agents - therapeutic use; Attitudes; Clinical experience; Cross-Sectional Studies; Epidemics; Family physicians; Habits; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; HIV; HIV Infections - drug therapy; HIV Infections - prevention & control; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Medical personnel; Pilot Study; Polls & surveys; Practice Patterns, Physicians; Prescribing; Prevention programs; Preventive medicine; Primary care; Primary Health Care; Respondents; Surveys and Questionnaires; prep; primary care; suburban; HIV; rural

Objective: Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a recommended strategy for HIV prevention, yet PrEP prescribing rates in primary care remain low. The aim of this study was to further describe the current knowledge, attitudes, and prescribing behaviors of HIV PrEP in primary care providers with a focus...