TY - JOUR PY - 2019// TI - Missed opportunity for HIV prevention among a high-risk population of women experiencing intimate partner violence JO - Journal of general internal medicine A1 - Dichter, Melissa E. A1 - Ogden, Shannon N. A1 - Clyatt, Kylee J. A1 - Roberts, Christopher B. SP - ePub EP - ePub VL - ePub IS - ePub N2 -
HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a daily pill combining two antiretroviral agents, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate/emtricitabine (TDF/FTC), has been shown to be effective in preventing HIV transmission in men and women and is recommended for those at increased risk of HIV.1 Experience of intimate partner violence (IPV) increases HIV risk for women,2 and women receiving care in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) experience substantial rates of IPV.3 Given this risk and the availability of PrEP as a prevention tool in VHA, we sought to examine the association between recent IPV exposure disclosed to VHA providers through routine screening and HIV diagnosis, testing, and PrEP prescriptions among this population.
Language: en
LA - en SN - 0884-8734 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-019-05372-1 ID - ref1 ER -