Publications by authors named "Patrick Whiteside"
Article Synopsis
- Community-based mobile clinics in Miami-Dade County are shown to effectively increase access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), particularly for underrepresented groups.
- The study involved over 1,800 clients from fixed and mobile clinics over nearly five years, revealing that mobile clinics successfully reached more cisgender women, Black clients, and older individuals compared to fixed locations.
- Clients using the mobile clinics, especially uninsured and male individuals, demonstrated a higher likelihood of continuing PrEP treatment over 48 weeks, indicating the importance of these services in sustaining care engagement.
In the US, there is a need for interventions that address gaps in awareness, interest, and uptake of HIV testing and biomedical HIV prevention strategies, such as pre-exposure prophylaxis and non-occupational post-exposure prophylaxis. The Test-to-PrEP intervention; an HIV self-test bundled with prevention information that was distributed via a social network strategy, was found to be effective at bridging said gaps. This manuscript presents the development and design of Test-to-PrEP, in which a community-based participatory research approach was used.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To determine the feasibility, acceptability, and implementation of a HIV self-test (HIVST) program through PrEP clients' social and sexual networks.
Background: HIV testing is critical for treatment and prevention engagement. HIVST kits can overcome barriers to testing.