1. Proyecto Facil: Using the Integrated Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services (i-PARIHS) as a Diagnostic Tool to Improve Access to Human Immunodeficiency Virus Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) via Telemedicine.
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Tapia, Yara, Saleska, Jessica, Gonzalez-Valentino, Omar, Liashenko, Joshua, Stafylis, Chrysovalantis, Brown, Brandon, Brooks, Ronald, and Klausner, Jeffrey D.
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HIV prevention , *ANTI-HIV agents , *HEALTH services accessibility , *FOCUS groups , *EVALUATION of human services programs , *STAKEHOLDER analysis , *HISPANIC Americans , *TRANS women , *INTERVIEWING , *PRIVATE sector , *INDIVIDUALIZED medicine , *FEAR , *EMIGRATION & immigration , *PRE-exposure prophylaxis , *HUMAN services programs , *CONCEPTUAL structures , *QUALITY assurance , *RESEARCH funding , *INTEGRATED health care delivery , *MEN who have sex with men , *TELEMEDICINE , *HEALTH promotion - Abstract
Following the underutilization of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among Latinx men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women in Southern California and the growing use of the delivery of PrEP through telemedicine, the California Department of Public Health implemented a telemedicine component to their already existing assistance program. We used the integrated Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services (i-PARIHS) framework to identify and characterize factors inhibiting the successful implementation of the telemedicine program through in-depth, online stakeholder interviews and online community focus groups with Latinx MSM and trans women in southern California. Obstacles reported by stakeholders were complicated enrollment process, preference for in-person care, more appealing private sector models of PrEP, while community members reported low awareness of the program, fear of complications due to immigration status, challenges to fulfill enrollment requirements. Findings can used for the future improvement of the ongoing program, as well as other similar PrEP telemedicine programs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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