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Black Women in PrEP initiative expands outreach and clinical training to close awareness gaps
Summary
Jackie Bickham and community ambassadors described the Black Women in PrEP (BWAP) initiative'launched 2019'which uses ambassadors, social media, a jingle, OBGYN resident training and TelePrEP resources to increase awareness of PrEP among Black women; presenters called for expanding training to nurse practitioners and other providers.
Jackie Bickham, prevention program manager for the STI/HIV/Hepatitis program, and several community ambassadors told the commission on Oct. 8 that the Black Women in PrEP (BWAP) initiative aims to raise awareness (not coerce uptake) of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among Black women through community ambassadors, social media and clinician training.
Bickham described BWAP's origins in 2019 and partnership with researchers at Duke University and LSU Health Sciences Center. She said focus groups identified two major barriers: Black cisgender women rarely knew someone like them taking PrEP, and clinicians often did…
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