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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Sex Behav. 2023 Oct 27;53(2):785–797. doi: 10.1007/s10508-023-02721-4

Table 4.

Facilitators to PrEP initiation and persistence

Broad factors Themes
Stigma reduction Normalize/Rebrand PrEP to be for everyone
Provide peer driven PrEP education
Provide PrEP education to younger people (target schools)
Have some MSM /members of the community as clinic staff
Patient/provider alliance Don’t act surprised by anything patients say
Inform patients of the different medications for PrEP
Be available to patients by phone for questions
Structural factors Offer same day PrEP appointments
Offer the option to ship PrEP to their home
Inform patients of payment assistance programs
Offer variety of forms of PrEP