Nurses and Midwives Role in Patient Sexual Health Assessment: A Cross-Sectional Study

Azar, Mathilde; Kroll, Thilo; Chakhtoura, Hiba; Gebran, Vicky George; Sailian, Silva Dakessian

doi:10.1007/s11195-022-09739-x

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“…The majority of the participants in this sample (n = 3030, 65.8%) did not have their health care provider document a sexual health assessment at the time of HIV screening. This finding agrees with previous studies that have reported a low level of provider engagement in sexual health historytaking (Azar et al, 2022;Harding & Manry, 2017;Kingsberg et al, 2019).…”

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PrEP prescription in indiana 2017−2022: Implications for clinical practice

Carter,

Tavares

2023

Research in Nursing & Health

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The Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative is poised to eradicate HIV through increasing screening and linkage to care. Despite this, the rate of HIV testing remains inadequate, and effective preventive measures like pre‐exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) are not adequately prescribed. A retrospective chart review was conducted to include 2017 through July 2022 from a large nonprofit health care system in the Midwest. Inclusion criteria included an HIV‐negative diagnosis between 2017 and July 2022. Additional information includes gender, age, race/ethnicity, the primary payment method, the facility where screening occurred, history of PrEP prescription, and the provider who documented sexual health screening. Most patients were female (73%, n = 3366), followed by 27% (n = 1242) who identified as male. The majority identified as white (52.4%, n = 2415), and patients who identified as Black represented 45.3% (n = 2087) of the sample. Of the participants in the sample, n = 3030 (65.8%) did not have a documented sexual health assessment at the time of HIV screening. Black patients were 0.40 times less likely to report a PrEP prescription than their white counterparts. Patients screened by the provider and identified with infectious disease via a sexual mode of transmission demonstrated three times increased odds of being prescribed PrEP. This research highlights the importance of updating medical records systems to capture salient sexual health factors. Ongoing professional development should be made readily available so providers can conduct comprehensive sexual health assessments.

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confidence: 93%