TY - JOUR PY - 2022// TI - PrEP demographics and disparity: the race, ethnicity, gender identity, sex assigned at birth, sexual orientation and age of current PrEP use JO - Journal of community health nursing A1 - Hamilton, Kate A1 - Hasney, Lara A1 - Cohn, Tanya A1 - Posnak, Jp SP - 213 EP - 226 VL - 39 IS - 4 N2 - PURPOSE Identification of disparity in preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) prescription by demographic group.Design Exploratory descriptive study.

METHODS Secondary data analysis of 1114 patients who received PrEP from Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts (PPLM) between 2017 and 2020.

FINDINGS Persons of Asian racial-identity had a higher mean PrEP prescription than the other racial groups. Persons over 30 had a higher mean PrEP prescription than those 18-29.

CONCLUSIONS Discrepancy of PrEP prescription reveals opportunities to improve PrEP delivery.Clinical Evidence Providers of PrEP delivery and community health nurses can enhance delivery by better electronic medical charting regarding PrEP discussion and nonadherence.

Language: en

LA - en SN - 0737-0016 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07370016.2022.2073791 ID - ref1 ER -