Adolescent Preexposure Prophylaxis Administration: An Education Curriculum for Health Care Providers

J Pediatr Health Care. 2019 May-Jun;33(3):288-295. doi: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2018.09.007. Epub 2018 Dec 27.

Abstract

On May 15, 2018, the Federal Drug Administration amended the approval of preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to include minors (>35 kgs). Adolescent providers are now in need of access to a comprehensive education curriculum on the administration of PrEP to adolescents. This paper outlines such a curriculum with the goal of reaching adolescent providers unfamiliar with PrEP assessment, administration, and monitoring. A comprehensive adolescent PrEP curriculum was designed using a literature review. An expert panel of seven reviewed the curriculum for content validity. A pilot implementation of the curriculum was conducted with staff from eight school-based health clinics located in Upper Manhattan and the Bronx. A formal content-validated curriculum was established providing adolescent health care providers with the tools needed to administer PrEP in their clinical setting. Clinical providers can access our curriculum to aid in their administration of PrEP to an adolescent population.

Keywords: Adolescent; HIV; curriculum; pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP); provider.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Curriculum*
  • Directive Counseling
  • Female
  • Health Education / organization & administration*
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
  • Health Personnel / education*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Patient Acceptance of Health Care
  • Pilot Projects
  • Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis*
  • Primary Health Care
  • School Health Services
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases / drug therapy
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases / epidemiology
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases / prevention & control*
  • United States / epidemiology