BACKGROUND Men who have sex with men (MSM) remains the highest group infected with HIV despite treatment with medications knows as preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP). PrEP in combination with safer sex practices has shown efficacy in preventing HIV infection. Despite awareness campaigns, PrEP uptake remains low with African American MSM. While brief educational interventions have value in fast-paced clinical settings with limited appointment times a brief PrEP educational intervention had not been initiated with MSM in a fast-paced outpatient infectious disease clinic in North Carolina. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of initiating a brief PrEP brief educational intervention with African American MSM in a sexually transmitted disease clinic. METHODS We will examine the effects of the brief educational PrEP intervention at three time points, baseline, 4 weeks later (first visit) and at the 3-month follow-up (2nd visit). The primary outcomes will be PrEP knowledge, medication adherence, and sexually transmitted infections outcomes. We will also examine a secondary outcome of high-risk sexual behaviors. RESULTS To date, a total of seven participants have consented to participate in the study. Data analysis is ongoing. We anticipate that the results will be published by Fall 2021. CONCLUSIONS This study will report the effectiveness of implementing a brief PrEP educational intervention in a fast-paced clinic setting on reducing the incidences of HIV infection.
