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COVID-19 Pandemic, Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Care, and HIV/STI Testing Among Patients Receiving Care in Three HIV Epidemic Priority States
- Source :
- AIDS and Behavior
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Springer US, 2021.
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Abstract
- The COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to disrupt HIV prevention services. We conducted an electronic health record analysis of PrEP, HIV, and STI visits at eight sexual health clinics in Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma during the onset of the pandemic (March 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020) and compared the data with pre-pandemic (March 1, 2019 to June 30, 2019) volumes. Our data revealed a significant increase in the proportion of male PrEP visits during the pandemic compared to the pre-pandemic period, with the majority provided via telehealth/telePrEP. Overall, HIV and STI testing significantly decreased during the pandemic period.La pandemia del COVID-19 tiene el potencial de interrumpir los servicios de prevención del VIH. Conducimos un análisis electrónico de expedientes de salud sobre visitas para la PrEP, el VIH, e ITS en ocho diferentes clínicas de salud sexual en Arkansas, Misuri y Oklahoma durante el inicio de la pandemia (1 de marzo de 2020 hasta 30 de junio de 2020) y comparamos esos datos con los índices previos a la pandemia (1 de marzo de 2019 hasta 30 de junio de 2019). Nuestros datos revelaron un aumento significativo en la proporción de visitas para la PrEP por personas masculinas durante la pandemia, comparado al periodo previo a la pandemia, con la mayoría de citas conducidas mediante la telemedicina/telePrEP. En general, las pruebas de VIH e ITS disminuyeron significativamente durante el periodo de la pandemia.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Social Psychology
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
HIV Infections
Telehealth
medicine.disease_cause
03 medical and health sciences
Pre-exposure prophylaxis
0302 clinical medicine
Pandemic
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
STI testing
Homosexuality, Male
Southern US
Pandemics
Reproductive health
Original Paper
030505 public health
Arkansas
Missouri
business.industry
SARS-CoV-2
Public health
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
HIV
COVID-19
Health psychology
Infectious Diseases
Family medicine
0305 other medical science
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15733254 and 10907165
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- AIDS and Behavior
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....93b4453adb0ed9ad16ab80b239645ba9