Healthcare providers’ knowledge, readiness, prescribing behaviors, and perceived barriers regarding routine HIV testing and pre-exposure prophylaxis in DeLand, Florida
Objectives: Florida ranks highest in the United States among newly diagnosed HIV infections. This ranking reflects the need for investigation of healthcare providers’ knowledge, readiness, prescribing behaviors, and perceived barriers to routine HIV testing and pre-exposure prophylaxis. Methods: We...
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2019-03-01
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| author | Laura H Gunn Brittani Janson Ismode Lorjuste Lindsay Summers Paula Burns Thomas Bryant |
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| description | Objectives: Florida ranks highest in the United States among newly diagnosed HIV infections. This ranking reflects the need for investigation of healthcare providers’ knowledge, readiness, prescribing behaviors, and perceived barriers to routine HIV testing and pre-exposure prophylaxis. Methods: We adapted national questionnaires with questions co-developed with Florida Department of Health to form a 25-item instrument. Questionnaires were distributed to the population of eligible healthcare providers in DeLand, Florida. Results: Results from an approximate 20% response rate that encompasses 12 providers demonstrate baseline findings to inform future studies. For example, 75% of respondents were aware of FL Administrative Code 64D-3.042 that pregnant women should receive HIV testing during first and third trimesters. However, 50% of respondents rarely or never offer tests to pregnant women according to practice guidelines. About 75% of respondents strongly agree or agree with willingness to prescribe pre-exposure prophylaxis to high-risk patients, yet 8.3% always or very often prescribe pre-exposure prophylaxis. Conclusions: Results convey the importance of and need for greater collaboration between providers and the Florida Department of Health to enhance providers’ knowledge, readiness, and, ultimately, behaviors regarding routine HIV testing and pre-exposure prophylaxis prescription. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-143cf97596cb4f4b8ca5241f55f2ca352022-12-22T00:56:04ZengSAGE PublishingSAGE Open Medicine2050-31212019-03-01710.1177/2050312119836030Healthcare providers’ knowledge, readiness, prescribing behaviors, and perceived barriers regarding routine HIV testing and pre-exposure prophylaxis in DeLand, FloridaLaura H Gunn0Brittani Janson1Ismode Lorjuste2Lindsay Summers3Paula Burns4Thomas Bryant5School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UKPublic Health Program, Stetson University, DeLand, FL, USAPublic Health Program, Stetson University, DeLand, FL, USAInfectious Disease Management, Intervention, and Community Practice, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USADisease Control and Health Protection, Florida Department of Health in Volusia County, Daytona Beach, FL, USAOffice of Planning and Performance Management, Florida Department of Health in Volusia County, Daytona Beach, FL, USAObjectives: Florida ranks highest in the United States among newly diagnosed HIV infections. This ranking reflects the need for investigation of healthcare providers’ knowledge, readiness, prescribing behaviors, and perceived barriers to routine HIV testing and pre-exposure prophylaxis. Methods: We adapted national questionnaires with questions co-developed with Florida Department of Health to form a 25-item instrument. Questionnaires were distributed to the population of eligible healthcare providers in DeLand, Florida. Results: Results from an approximate 20% response rate that encompasses 12 providers demonstrate baseline findings to inform future studies. For example, 75% of respondents were aware of FL Administrative Code 64D-3.042 that pregnant women should receive HIV testing during first and third trimesters. However, 50% of respondents rarely or never offer tests to pregnant women according to practice guidelines. About 75% of respondents strongly agree or agree with willingness to prescribe pre-exposure prophylaxis to high-risk patients, yet 8.3% always or very often prescribe pre-exposure prophylaxis. Conclusions: Results convey the importance of and need for greater collaboration between providers and the Florida Department of Health to enhance providers’ knowledge, readiness, and, ultimately, behaviors regarding routine HIV testing and pre-exposure prophylaxis prescription.https://doi.org/10.1177/2050312119836030 |
| spellingShingle | Laura H Gunn Brittani Janson Ismode Lorjuste Lindsay Summers Paula Burns Thomas Bryant Healthcare providers’ knowledge, readiness, prescribing behaviors, and perceived barriers regarding routine HIV testing and pre-exposure prophylaxis in DeLand, Florida SAGE Open Medicine |
| title | Healthcare providers’ knowledge, readiness, prescribing behaviors, and perceived barriers regarding routine HIV testing and pre-exposure prophylaxis in DeLand, Florida |
| title_full | Healthcare providers’ knowledge, readiness, prescribing behaviors, and perceived barriers regarding routine HIV testing and pre-exposure prophylaxis in DeLand, Florida |
| title_fullStr | Healthcare providers’ knowledge, readiness, prescribing behaviors, and perceived barriers regarding routine HIV testing and pre-exposure prophylaxis in DeLand, Florida |
| title_full_unstemmed | Healthcare providers’ knowledge, readiness, prescribing behaviors, and perceived barriers regarding routine HIV testing and pre-exposure prophylaxis in DeLand, Florida |
| title_short | Healthcare providers’ knowledge, readiness, prescribing behaviors, and perceived barriers regarding routine HIV testing and pre-exposure prophylaxis in DeLand, Florida |
| title_sort | healthcare providers knowledge readiness prescribing behaviors and perceived barriers regarding routine hiv testing and pre exposure prophylaxis in deland florida |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/2050312119836030 |
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