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Encouraging Multiple PrEP Options for Women Engaged in PRimary Care
Sponsor: Northwestern University
Summary
This study will address the significant yet often overlooked problem of HIV among cisgender women. To do this, researchers will adapt and test a multilingual technology-based strategy supporting informed decision-making for PrEP in primary care. Specifically, researchers will use the electronic health record to securely send women multimedia educational materials in English or Spanish about PrEP, and facilitate electronic scheduling of PrEP visits - if women decide they are interested. Choice is critical.
Key Details
Gender
FEMALE
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
120
Start Date
2025-05-19
Completion Date
2026-07-31
Last Updated
2026-03-23
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
EMPOWER Strategy
The EMPOWER Strategy will: 1) identify women in primary care; 2) deliver understandable, actionable, and non-stigmatizing PrEP education, in multiple formats and languages, directly and securely to women via the patient portal; 3) enable women to discreetly self-schedule a visit to discuss PrEP options via the patient portal, with either their own PCP or with a female PCP who has years of experience in PrEP delivery; and 4) support PCP counseling via clinical decision support that provides standardized, patient-centered language to guide PrEP discussions and via 'smart sets' to facilitate PrEP prescribing, when desired and appropriate.
Attention Control
Women in this arm will be sent, via the patient portal, a CDC patient education material on benefits of physical activity. The material will be in English or Spanish based on patient's language.
Locations (1)
Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois, United States