New HIV/AIDS Findings Reported from University of Maryland (Examining Hiv Diagnosis and Linkage To Prep Prescription Among Members At an Integrated Health System In the Southeast United States): Immune System Diseases and Conditions – HIV/AIDS

2022 OCT 07 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Current study results on Immune System Diseases and Conditions - HIV/AIDS have been published. According to news reporting out of College Park, Maryland, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is a priority method for preventing HIV infection. This study’s aims were threefold: (1) identify characteristics of members of a large health maintenance organization, Kaiser Permanente Georgia (KPGA), associated with HIV infection, (2) identify which member characteristics associated with HIV were also associated with PrEP prescription, and (3) identify which HIV-associated characteristics were associated with under- or over-prescribing of PrEP.”

Financial support for this research came from University of Maryland (UMD) Prevention Research Center from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the University of Maryland, “Analysis of variables from the electronic medical record revealed that age, race, gender, mental health diagnosis, STI diagnosis, and sexual orientation were independently associated with HIV diagnosis. The same characteristics were independently associated with PrEP prescription except for race. Persons identifying as Black or unknown race, women, and/or heterosexual; and who had an STI diagnosis and/or illicit drug use had lower odds of being prescribed PrEP than of having an HIV diagnosis.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “The implications of these findings for improving physician identification of candidates for PrEP prescription are discussed.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Examining Hiv Diagnosis and Linkage To Prep Prescription Among Members At an Integrated Health System In the Southeast United States. AIDS and Behavior, 2022. AIDS and Behavior can be contacted at: Springer|plenum Publishers, 233 Spring St, New York, NY 10013, USA. (Springer - www.springer.com; AIDS and Behavior - http://www.springerlink.com/content/1090-7165/)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Bradley O. Boekeloo, University of Maryland, Dept. of Behavioral and Community Health, School of Public Health, 4200 Valley Dr, 301-405-2463, College Park, MD 20742, United States. Additional authors for this research include Teaniese L. Davis, Mona Mittal, Adanna C. Oragwu and Min Qi Wang.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-022-03812-4. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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