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.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 288-295 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Journal of Pediatric Health Care |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - May 1 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2018 National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
Funding
Dr. Zucker is supported by a training grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health [T32AI007531] and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention New York STD Prevention Training Center [RFA-PS14-1407].
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health