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A Focus on Cisgender Women: Paths Forward in PrEP

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In this video roundtable, learn from experts about potential solutions to key barriers to PrEP in cisgender women, including incorporating PrEP in the sexual health and HIV prevention toolkit, using the GOALS framework when taking a sexual history, and adopting the use of motivational interviewing to increase PrEP uptake.

Nurses: 0.75 Nursing contact hour

Physicians: Maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit

Released: August 10, 2023

Expiration: August 09, 2024

No longer available for credit.

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Faculty

Oni Blackstock

Oni Blackstock, MD, MHS

Founder & Executive Director
Health Justice
New York, New York

Whitney C. Irie

Whitney C. Irie, MSW, PhD

Assistant Professor, Boston College
Lecturer on Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Adjunct Faculty, The Fenway Institute
Boston, Massachusetts

Brittany Williams

Brittany Williams, PhD

Assistant Professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration
Department of Education 
University of Vermont 
Burlington, Vermont

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Provided by Clinical Care Options, LLC in partnership with the National Coalition for LGBTQ Health and Advocates for Youth.

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Supporters

Supported by an educational grant from Gilead Sciences, Inc. and ViiV Healthcare.

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

ViiV Healthcare

Partners

Advocates for Youth

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National Coalition for LGBTQ Health

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Target Audience

This program is intended for physicians, registered nurses, and other healthcare professionals who care for persons at risk of HIV acquisition.

Program Learning Goal

The goal of this program is to improve healthcare professionals’ competence and effectiveness at overcoming barriers in offering and providing PrEP for all adult and adolescent candidates.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Identify the barriers that are responsible for current suboptimal uptake of PrEP for principal populations including cisgender women

  • Assess regimen options, user-related factors, and common misconceptions when determining candidacy and optimal regimens for principal populations

  • Implement strategies to improve PrEP uptake in underserved at-risk populations, addressing social and logistical barriers

Disclosure

Clinical Care Options, LLC (CCO) requires instructors, planners, managers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose all financial conflicts of interest (COI) they may have with ineligible companies. All relevant COI are thoroughly vetted and mitigated according to CCO policy. CCO is committed to providing its learners with high-quality CME/CE activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of an ineligible company.

The faculty reported the following relevant financial relationships or relationships to products or devices they have with ineligible companies related to the content of this educational activity:

Primary Author

Oni Blackstock, MD, MHS

Founder & Executive Director
Health Justice
New York, New York

Oni Blackstock, MD, MHS: advisor/speaker: Gilead Sciences, ViiV.

Whitney C. Irie, MSW, PhD

Assistant Professor, Boston College
Lecturer on Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Adjunct Faculty, The Fenway Institute
Boston, Massachusetts

Whitney Irie, MSW, PhD: researcher: ViiV.

Brittany Williams, PhD

Assistant Professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration
Department of Education 
University of Vermont 
Burlington, Vermont

Brittany Williams, PhD, has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

The planners and content peer reviewers from Clinical Care Options, LLC do not have any relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Instructions for Credit

Participation in this self-study activity should be completed in approximately 0.75 hours. To successfully complete this activity and receive credit, learners must follow these steps during the period from August 10, 2023, through August 09, 2024:

  1. Login or Sign Up for an account by clicking at the top of this page.
  2. Read the target audience, learning objectives, and faculty disclosures.
  3. View and study the content in its entirety.
  4. Submit answers to the posttest questions and evaluation questions online.

You must receive a test score of at least 65 and respond to all evaluation questions to receive a certificate. After submitting the evaluation, you may access your online certificate by selecting the certificate link on the confirmation page. Records of all CME/CE activities completed can be found on the "My Certificates" page. There are no costs/fees for this activity.

Format

The program has been made available online.

Disclosure of Unlabeled Use

This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications.

The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

Disclaimer

Learners have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.

Accreditation

Joint Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, Clinical Care Options, LLC (CCO) is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

Physician Continuing Medical Education
CCO designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing Continuing Professional Development
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Nursing Continuing Professional Development activity is 0.75 contact hours.