Among individuals not familiar with primary care,efforts will be needed to identify and link them through public health agencies, including community-based organizations (CBOs); AIDS service organizations (ASOs); and health departments for primary care. Such agencies can leverage their strong ties with communities, especially marginalized and diffıcult-to-reach populations, to identify high-risk HIV-negative individuals, educate them about PrEP, and actively link them to primary care, as appropriate. PrEP can supplement HIV testing and education and outreach activities, pending the interest,
engagement, and training of public health professionals. Public health will need to take inventory of individual
practitioners; health centers (e.g., federally qualifıed health centers); and delivery systems (e.g., Kaiser Permanente)
providing PrEP and forge new, interorganizational and adapt it for linking high-risk HIV-negative individuals
to PrEP care.
partnerships for effective coordination of prevention
and care. Moreover, agencies may leverage their
experience with evidence-based programs that bring
newly diagnosed HIV-positive patients to HIV care (e.g.,
Antiretroviral Treatment Access Study [ARTAS]