Drs. Kislovskiy and Jarlenski found that pharmacies were unlikely to carry PrEP or PEP, with event less carrying in rural compared to urban. Addressing pharmacy barriers to PrEP/PEP may enhance access to HIV prevention for those living at high risk of HIV.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1544319124001043
Drs. Lucas Berenbrok and Marian Jarlenski discuss the need for reduced barriers to contraception and how over the counter and how pharmacist provision of contraception can help increase reproductive health care access across the country.
Deirdre Quinn, PhD, MSc is one of VHA Shark Tank's finalists! Her promising practice, Contraception on Demand, employs two evidence-based strategies, pharmacist-led contraceptive prescribing and 12-month dispensing, to increase contraceptive access for Veterans, improve Veterans’ experiences with VA reproductive healthcare, and meaningfully expand VA clinical pharmacists’ scope of practice.
