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Filling Gaps in the HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Cascade Through Counseling
Sponsor: Unity Health Toronto
Summary
This study s objective is to test the acceptability and feasibility of a guide to facilitate counseling about HIV prevention, focusing on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). PrEP is a medication taken by HIV-negative persons to avoid an HIV infection. Healthcare providers (including but not limited to physicians and nurses) who see gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBM) will be randomly assigned to completing a short online training versus continuing their usual activities. The online training consists of modules containing brief information about PrEP, and about how to address concerns and difficulties that GBM face to get PrEP and to take care of their sexual health. The investigators will ask healthcare providers to answer questionnaires before and after the research activities take place, and a member of the research team will interview some of them at the end. Every time a healthcare provider has a counseling session with a GBM, they will facilitate putting a research coordinator in touch with the person receiving the counseling. Those GBM will also be asked to fill out questionnaires. These activities will take place in the province of Ontario, Canada.
Official title: Filling Gaps in the PrEP Cascade: User-centered Counseling About HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis and Linkage to Care for Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
19 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
200
Start Date
2025-01
Completion Date
2025-03
Last Updated
2024-11-29
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Interventions
Counseling
The intervention consists of using a theory-informed approach to user-centered brief counselling about PrEP uptake, designed specifically to help busy front-line providers in public health, sexual health and primary care settings advance clients along the PrEP cascade (specifically, supporting clients who meet evidence-based criteria for PrEP in accepting provider recommendations to use it) and provide linkage to care for related conditions. The intervention will be delivered to GBM through participating healthcare providers who would have completed an online training designed by the research team.
List of resources
This list includes webpages which contain generic information about GBMs sexual health, PrEP, mental health, information about province-wide info lines for the general public about sexual health and/or educational resources for providers.
Locations (1)
Options Lab
Toronto, Ontario, Canada