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HIV medical care provider practices for reducing high-risk sexual behavior: results of a qualitative study.

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Drainoni, M-L; Dekker, D; Lee-Hood, E; Boehmer, U; Relf, M
Published in: AIDS patient care and STDs
May 2009

A first step in ensuring that HIV-infected persons practice the safer sexual behaviors that reduce disease transmission is to make certain that they receive accurate information about the relationship between sexual risk behaviors and HIV transmission. Health care providers can play a pivotal role in preventing secondary transmission of HIV; federal agencies and professional guidelines encourage providers to counsel HIV-infected patients about safer sex practices and transmission risks, particularly since the health care encounter may be the only time that HIV-infected persons receive information about prevention and risk reduction interventions. Yet research indicates that these opportunities are often missed. Prior to implementing a prevention demonstration project in an urban HIV and STD clinic, we conducted a qualitative investigation with providers, including physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and nurses. The purpose of this investigation was to examine the current status of prevention education and counseling efforts at the clinic, examine the barriers and facilitators to providing prevention counseling, and identify key areas where providers believed that they needed additional training.

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Published In

AIDS patient care and STDs

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EISSN

1557-7449

ISSN

1087-2914

Publication Date

May 2009

Volume

23

Issue

5

Start / End Page

347 / 356

Related Subject Headings

  • Virology
  • Sexual Behavior
  • Safe Sex
  • Risk-Taking
  • Risk Reduction Behavior
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians'
  • Physicians
  • Physician Assistants
  • Patient Education as Topic
  • Nurses
 

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Drainoni, M.-L., Dekker, D., Lee-Hood, E., Boehmer, U., & Relf, M. (2009). HIV medical care provider practices for reducing high-risk sexual behavior: results of a qualitative study. AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 23(5), 347–356. https://doi.org/10.1089/apc.2008.0063
Drainoni, Mari-Lynn, Debra Dekker, Elizabeth Lee-Hood, Ulrike Boehmer, and Michael Relf. “HIV medical care provider practices for reducing high-risk sexual behavior: results of a qualitative study.AIDS Patient Care and STDs 23, no. 5 (May 2009): 347–56. https://doi.org/10.1089/apc.2008.0063.
Drainoni M-L, Dekker D, Lee-Hood E, Boehmer U, Relf M. HIV medical care provider practices for reducing high-risk sexual behavior: results of a qualitative study. AIDS patient care and STDs. 2009 May;23(5):347–56.
Drainoni, Mari-Lynn, et al. “HIV medical care provider practices for reducing high-risk sexual behavior: results of a qualitative study.AIDS Patient Care and STDs, vol. 23, no. 5, May 2009, pp. 347–56. Epmc, doi:10.1089/apc.2008.0063.
Drainoni M-L, Dekker D, Lee-Hood E, Boehmer U, Relf M. HIV medical care provider practices for reducing high-risk sexual behavior: results of a qualitative study. AIDS patient care and STDs. 2009 May;23(5):347–356.
Journal cover image

Published In

AIDS patient care and STDs

DOI

EISSN

1557-7449

ISSN

1087-2914

Publication Date

May 2009

Volume

23

Issue

5

Start / End Page

347 / 356

Related Subject Headings

  • Virology
  • Sexual Behavior
  • Safe Sex
  • Risk-Taking
  • Risk Reduction Behavior
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians'
  • Physicians
  • Physician Assistants
  • Patient Education as Topic
  • Nurses