CAPS Town Hall INSIGHTS Lecture Series presents: Katrina Ortblad, ScD, MPH -- Leveraging Private-Sector Pharmacies to Expand the Reach of HIV Prevention Services in Kenya
The delivery of HIV PrEP and PEP services at private, retail pharmacies may overcome barriers to clinic-delivered PrEP/PEP services (i.e., HIV-associated stigma, long wait times, overcrowding) and reach new populations who could benefit. For the past 5 years, we have been working in collaboration with the Kenya Ministry of Health to develop, pilot, and test different models of pharmacy-delivered PrEP and PEP services. I will present findings from this implementation science journey and outline important gaps that remain in this research agenda.
Dr. Katrina Ortblad is an implementation scientist and Assistant Professor at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. Her research seeks to improve equity in health access with differentiated models of HIV service delivery in high prevalence settings. Her ongoing research projects, all in Kenya in collaboration with Kenyan researchers, include a cluster-randomized controlled trial (cRCT) testing different cost-sharing models for pharmacy-delivered HIV pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP/PEP) services, a pilot study testing an online model of PrEP/PEP service delivery, and a cRCT testing a model of formalized peer PrEP referral enhanced with HIV self-testing among young women. She uses diverse research methods across the fields of epidemiology, economics, public policy, psychology, and implementation science.
About INSIGHTS (Innovative Non-traditional healthcare Settings in HIV research lecture Series):
The purpose of this lecture series is to provide the community of HIV researchers with space and time to hear about innovative research conducted outside of traditional healthcare settings. This research includes any HIV-related interventions that can be applied to HIV research, including those that are conducted outside of the clinic (e.g., pharmacy, patients’ homes, CBO, mobile vans unrelated to the clinic, outdoors), can increase access to medications without involving clinics, or can enhance PrEP or ART adherence and persistence without clinic input.
This lecture series is funded by the UCSF CFAR Boost award.
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The delivery of HIV PrEP and PEP services at private, retail pharmacies may overcome barriers to clinic-delivered PrEP/PEP services (i.e., HIV-associated stigma, long wait times, overcrowding) and reach new populations who could benefit. For the past 5 years, we have been working in collaboration with the Kenya Ministry of Health to develop, pilot, and test different models of pharmacy-delivered PrEP and PEP services. I will present findings from this implementation science journey and outline important gaps that remain in this research agenda.
Dr. Katrina Ortblad is an implementation scientist and Assistant Professor at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. Her research seeks to improve equity in health access with differentiated models of HIV service delivery in high prevalence settings. Her ongoing research projects, all in Kenya in collaboration with Kenyan researchers, include a cluster-randomized controlled trial (cRCT) testing different cost-sharing models for pharmacy-delivered HIV pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP/PEP) services, a pilot study testing an online model of PrEP/PEP service delivery, and a cRCT testing a model of formalized peer PrEP referral enhanced with HIV self-testing among young women. She uses diverse research methods across the fields of epidemiology, economics, public policy, psychology, and implementation science.
About INSIGHTS (Innovative Non-traditional healthcare Settings in HIV research lecture Series):
The purpose of this lecture series is to provide the community of HIV researchers with space and time to hear about innovative research conducted outside of traditional healthcare settings. This research includes any HIV-related interventions that can be applied to HIV research, including those that are conducted outside of the clinic (e.g., pharmacy, patients’ homes, CBO, mobile vans unrelated to the clinic, outdoors), can increase access to medications without involving clinics, or can enhance PrEP or ART adherence and persistence without clinic input.
This lecture series is funded by the UCSF CFAR Boost award.
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