Challenges of providing HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis across Australian clinics: qualitative insights of clinicians

Anthony K J Smith, Bridget Haire, Christy E. Newman, Martin Holt The clinical delivery of the HIV prevention method, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), has rapidly changed in Australia, particularly since the transition from research studies to general prescribing. We investigated clinicians’ perspectives on providing PrEP in different clinical settings. Clinicians described concerns about access to PrEP for people without Medicare, tensions between different types of clinicians who can provide PrEP, and discomfort advising patients about non-daily dosing strategies, suggesting these issues need to be addressed to optimise the equitable provision of PrEP.
Source: Sexual Health - Category: Sexual Medicine Authors: Source Type: research