Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Research Protocols
Date Submitted: Dec 8, 2022
Open Peer Review Period: Dec 8, 2022 - Feb 2, 2023
Date Accepted: Feb 8, 2023
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Protocol for a Multi-component Intervention to Train and Support Family Medicine Providers to Promote PrEP for Adolescent Girls and Young Women in the Deep South: The PrEP-Pro Study
ABSTRACT
Background:
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is widely recognized as a highly effective biomedical prevention intervention and a major strategy for reducing the burden of HIV in the United States. However, PrEP provision and uptake remain low compared to estimated need and in ways that may exacerbate HIV disparities among Black adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in the US South.
Objective:
This protocol paper describes the “PrEP Pro” intervention, a multi-component intervention to train and support family medicine (FM) trainees to promote PrEP for AGYW in Alabama.
Methods:
The PrEP Pro intervention consists of three main components guided by the Capability-Opportunity-Motivation-Behavior (COM-B) model for behavioral change and the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR): 1) Provider PrEP education, 2) sexual history taking, and 3) PrEP Champions. In phase 1, we will adapt content to train FM residents on HIV epidemiology and PrEP and develop implementation strategies including provider-facing tools and client-facing educational materials. In phase 2, we will pre-test then pilot-test the initially adapted PrEP-Pro intervention with family medicine trainees. The primary outcomes to be assessed include PrEP-Pro acceptability and feasibility. Secondary outcomes will also be assessed including PrEP knowledge, sexual history taking attitudes and practices, PrEP prescriptions among AGYW encounters, and STI and HIV testing among AGYW encounters. The results of this study will inform a hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial
Results:
Recruitment for the focus group discussions (phase 1) is planned for January 2023. We expect to commence phase 2 of the study in April 2023. The study is supported by a grant from the National Institute of Health.
Conclusions:
The PrEP-Pro intervention is a multi-component intervention to train FM residents across Alabama on sexual history taking, PrEP provision for AGYW, and support practice-based PrEP Champions. It is expected that the PrEP-Pro intervention will lead to an increase in PrEP prescriptions to AGYW and an expansion of comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care for AGYW in rural and urban Alabama.
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