
Optimizing Sexual Health and Decreasing HIV Risk

Clinical Practice Guidelines
Guidance and resources during disruption of STD clinical services; update on STD treatment options.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; May 2020.
Guidelines for prevention and treatment of opportunistic infections in HIV-infected adults and adolescents with HIV.
US Department of Health and Human Services; revised May 2020.
Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in adults and adolescents with HIV.
US Department of Health and Human Services; last updated December 2019.
Preexposure prophylaxis for the prevention of HIV infection in the United States—2017 update. A clinical practice guideline.
US Public Health Service. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2017.
2018 quick reference guide: recommended laboratory HIV testing algorithm for serum or plasma specimens.
CDC Stacks. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; last updated January 2018.
2015 sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015; last reviewed December 2019.
Updated guidelines for antiretroviral postexposure prophylaxis after sexual, injection drug use, or other nonoccupational exposure to HIV—United States, 2016.
CDC Stacks. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; last updated May 2018.
Clinical Resources
American Academy of HIV Medicine; supporting the HIV care provider and the profession.
Basic statistics.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; July 2020.
Database of antiretroviral drug interactions.
HIV InSite. University of California, San Francisco; 2019.
Ending the HIV epidemic: ready, set, PrEP.
US Department of Health & Human Services, 2020.
HIV drug interactions.
University of Liverpool (Web site); July 2020.
HIV Surveillance Reports.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; June 2020.
HIV in the United States by region.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; July 2020.
HIV and youth.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; May 2020.
PrEP to prevent HIV and promote sexual health.
New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute, Clinical Guidelines Program; February 2020.
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; May 2020.
Taking a sexual history.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; April 2020.
Center of Excellence for Transgender Health.
Prevention Science, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco; June 2020.
National Clinician Consultation Center.
University of California, San Francisco; 2020.
Patient Resources
HIV basics.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; June 2020.
HIV risk reduction tool. How can I prevent getting or transmitting HIV?
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; June 2020.
Positively Aware.
Positively Aware, created by Test Positive Aware Network (TPAN), is a source of HIV-treatment news for consumers, as well as an educational tool for HIV caregivers. The site features PrEP resources, including videos for men who have sex with men and transgender people.
Prevention for women. Resources on HIV prevention for U.S. women.
HIVE online; 2019.
Suggested Readings
Emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide; January 2020.
AIDS Info. US Department of Health and Human Services.
Emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate, July 2020.
AIDS Info. US Department of Health and Human Services.
Antiretroviral prophylaxis for HIV prevention in heterosexual men and women.
Baeten JM, et al. N Engl J Med. 2012;367(5):399-410.
Antiretroviral prophylaxis for HIV infection in injecting drug users in Bangkok, Thailand (the Bangkok Tenofovir Study): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial.
Choopanya K, et al. Lancet. 2013;381(9883):2083-2090.
Being PrEPared – preexposure prophylaxis and HIV disparities.
Goldstein RH, et al. N Engl J Med. 2018;379(14):1293-1295.
Preexposure chemoprophylaxis for HIV prevention in men who have sex with men.
Grant RM, et al. N Engl J Med. 2010;363(27):2587-2599.
The phase 3 DISCOVER study: daily F/TAF or F/TDF for HIV preexposure prophylaxis.
Hare CB, et al. CROI 2019; Abstract 104; presented March 4-7, 2019.
Lifetime risk of a diagnosis of HIV infection in the United States.
Hess KL, et al. Ann Epidemiol. 2017;27(4):238-243.
How to incorporate HIV PrEP into your practice.
Stewart J, Stekler JD. J Fam Pract. 2019;68(5):254-261.

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Optimizing Sexual Health and Decreasing HIV Risk
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A PEP/PrEP Training Guide for Pharmacists
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