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from @jiasociety: "Stigma impedes HIV prevention by stifling patient–provider communication about U=U" by Drs. Sarah Calabrese and Kenneth Mayer. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jia2.25559
#UequalsU
What strategies must be taken to encourage universal #UequalsU patient education?
1) Establish universal U=U patient education in normative guidelines dictating clinical practice.
1) Establish universal U=U patient education in normative guidelines dictating clinical practice.
2) Incorporate U=U into clinical education for all HIV service providers.
"Provider education about U=U is essential because lack of knowledge and disbelief are among the identified reasons for providers' failure to inform their patients about U=U"
"Provider education about U=U is essential because lack of knowledge and disbelief are among the identified reasons for providers' failure to inform their patients about U=U"
3) Facilitate patient–provider conversations about U=U with concrete tools
"Providers can be offered empirically supported, scripted language to help explain the concept of U=U"
"Providers can be offered empirically supported, scripted language to help explain the concept of U=U"
4) Broaden public awareness through public health messaging.
"Public ed. is also vital because certain stigmatized groups, particularly those facing intersectional forms of stigma, may face barriers to healthcare that prevent them from learning about #UequalsU from providers..."
"Public ed. is also vital because certain stigmatized groups, particularly those facing intersectional forms of stigma, may face barriers to healthcare that prevent them from learning about #UequalsU from providers..."
