Academic Detailing to Optimize PrEP Implementation in Pediatric Primary Care Settings: ADOPT-PrEP
Boston Children's Hospital
Summary
In this study, 50 pediatricians will participate in academic detailing, an evidence-based, 1-on-1 outreach education technique intended to promote clinician behavior change through brief, highly interactive, and individualized dialogues with trained educators, or "detailers". The goals of this study are to learn about whether this is a practical and acceptable technique, and whether it changes how pediatricians prescribe pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to adolescents and young adults (AYA) and how patients take it.
Description
Adolescents and young adults (AYA) account for nearly 20% of new HIV diagnoses in the US. Only 10% of sexually active adolescents have ever been tested for HIV2 and very few have used pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), despite it being safe, highly effective at preventing HIV transmission, and FDA-approved for youth. Pediatric health care providers (physicians and associate clinicians) could have a major impact on PrEP use for youth, as they are trusted sources of health information for AYA. However, pediatricians infrequently discuss or recommend PrEP due to limited training in sexual health an…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria: * Primary care provider at one of our 3 study sites (Boston Children's Hospital Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine, Martha Eliot Health Center, Children's Hospital Primary Care Center) Exclusion Criteria: * None
Interventions
- BehavioralAcademic detailing
Academic detailing is an evidence-based, 1-on-1 outreach education technique intended to promote clinician behavior change. Information gained during earlier focus groups will be used to develop study-specific materials.
Location
- Boston Children's HospitalBoston, Massachusetts