Implementation of PrEP Care Among Women in Family Planning Clinics

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Status: Begins enrollment in 9 months

Conditions: Prevention; PrEP Uptake; HIV

Treatments: Behavioral: POWER Up strategies -

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT06335121

21120602

1R01MH134264 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will evaluate implementation strategies to address barriers and increase uptake of PrEP among Black cisgender women in Planned Parenthood of Illinois (PPIL) health centers.

Enrollment: 250 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Eligible participants include ciswomen presenting at a PPIL health center with a positive STI test (syphilis, gonorrhea, or chlamydia) and identified in the EHR using STI testing records and new fields for optimizing support of provider PrEP counseling.

Exclusion criteria

- Participants will be excluded if they are not PrEP eligible, have a negative STI test, or are not identified in the EHR.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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250 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention - Aim 2

Experimental group

Description:

During the intervention period, PPIL staff will capture PrEP eligible women through an updated electronic flag alert in the patient's electronic medical record. The flag will alert to offer the patient PrEP navigation services and implement adapted POWER Up intervention strategies according to training.

Treatment:

Behavioral: POWER Up strategies -

Control - Aim 2

No Intervention group

Description:

PPIL health centers will follow current PrEP navigation procedures using current monitoring system.