PrEP Optimization Intervention: qualitative interviews with healthcare providers

<h3>Project Summary</h3>
The project consists of 24 field notes from qualitative interviews with healthcare providers about HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis panel management strategy. Researchers implemented the PrEP Optimization Intervention (PrEP-OI), combining a PrEP Coordinator with an online panel management tool to assist providers with PrEP uptake, persistence, and management in 12 San Francisco Department of Public Health Primary Care Clinics.

<h3>Data Abstract</h3>
From November 2019 to February 2020, individual semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with healthcare providers from the clinical sites. Participants were recruited purposively as researchers sought to ensure variability in the clinic(s) where individuals worked, their professional training (e.g., physician, nurse practitioner), role within clinic (e.g., any management duties in addition to serving as a provider), and engagement with the PrEP Coordinators. Scheduling of interviews with the providers, interviews, and analyses were conducted exclusively by study investigators and staff not engaged in delivery of PrEP coordination services.

The interviews took place on a HIPAA-compliant videoconferencing platform to allow for flexibility in scheduling and recording of the interviews. Interviews lasted 40–60 minutes and verbal informed consent was received as approved by the UCSF IRB. All interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and field notes were created from each interview. The data files shared here are the de-identified and abstracted field notes.