Actively Countering Health Disparities to Improve PrEP Uptake
Listen to Roger Bedimo, MD, MS, FACP, describe the current status of PrEP uptake in the United States, address potential reasons for PrEP inequity, and discuss strategies to overcome health disparities to increase PrEP initiation.
Decera Clinical Education Infectious Disease Podcast · Roger Bedimo MD MS FACP
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Show Notes
In this episode, Roger Bedimo, MD, MS, FACP, discusses strategies to overcome health disparities to improve PrEP uptake, including:
- Targeting key populations that would benefit from PrEP but have low rates of uptake, such as transgender women and people who inject drugs
- Addressing intersectionality
- Overcoming implicit bias
- Addressing PrEP inequity by geographic region
- Expanding PrEP uptake by expanding HCPs who prescribe it
- Improving PrEP education for both patients and HCPs
Presenter:
Roger Bedimo, MD, MS, FACP
Professor of Medicine
Interim Director, Office of Global Health
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Chief, Infectious Diseases Section
VA North Texas Health Care System
Dallas, Texas
Content based on an online CME program supported by an independent educational grant from ViiV Healthcare.
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