HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Education for Clinicians Caring for Spanish-Speaking Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM).

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

A growing number of Liaison Committee on Medical Education-accredited allopathic medical schools offer formal bilingual (English and Spanish) medical education, and numerous other schools offer medical Spanish through elective workshops as part of their curricula. One significant health disparity in the Hispanic community is the incidence of HIV among Spanish-speaking men who have sex with men (MSM). Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has emerged as an effective strategy to reduce the risk of HIV transmission.

Methods

We developed an education module to train clinicians to discuss PrEP with Spanish-speaking MSM. Our module is adapted from an English module on PrEP education. It includes a Spanish-language PowerPoint slide deck with information about PrEP as well as

SUBMITTER: Alzate-Duque L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8015640 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature