The BLUPrInt PrEP Program Builder breaks down the process of making PrEP – whether oral or injectable – available in your setting into six manageable and coherent program components:
Each program component includes a Step-by-Step Guide that presents key decision points and health equity considerations that are crucial to PrEP program development; a templated Standard Operating Procedures that you can customize to your setting, and one or more job aids to support staff in standardizing work. Keep reading or click on each program component to learn more.
Patient-Facing Materials
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Prep Awareness & Education
This component focuses on strategies and resources for educating patients about PrEP and their ability to access it at your site. Health equity is increased when sites have standardized protocols for educating patients about their PrEP options.
Bring your team together to walk through key decision points and decide how you want PrEP Awareness & Education to happen at your clinic
Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
Download this template, edit to reflect your site’s SOP, and make it available to all staff who are involved in PrEP Awareness & Education at your clinic
Customize this editable job aid so that all staff who educate patients about PrEP deliver the same core messages
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PREP OPTIONS COUNSELING
This program component helps sites present PrEP as an empowering, responsible choice that can help patients take control of their sexual health. It includes resources for counseling patients on whether or not to start PrEP, which PrEP option to choose, and how to use each PrEP option safely and effectively. Current resources cover the following PrEP options: daily oral PrEP, 2-1-1 PrEP, and injectable PrEP.
Bring your team together to walk through key decision points and decide how you want PrEP Options Counseling to happen at your clinic
Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
Download this template, edit to reflect your site’s SOP, and make it available to all staff who are involved in PrEP Options Counseling at your clinic
PrEP Options Counseling Checklist (Job Aid)
Customize this editable job aid so that all staff who counsel patients about PrEP Options deliver the same core messages
PrEP Options Comparison Chart (Job Aid FOR PROVIDERS)
This editable chart for providers summarizes basic information about all available PrEP options and can be used as a quick reference guide when counseling patients
Best Practices for PrEP Options Counseling (Staff Training) COMING SOON
This ppt summarizes best practices for delivering PrEP options counseling. Use it to conduct a short in-service training at your clinic for all staff involved in Options Counseling
NAVIGATING COST & COVERAGE
This component helps sites support patients in navigating the financial costs association with PrEP. It includes both overall navigation resources and information related to the specific dynamics of oral versus injectable PrEP coverage.
Bring your team together to walk through key decision points and decide how your site will support patients in navigating the costs associated with PrEP
Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
Download this template, edit to reflect your site’s SOP, and make it available to all staff who are involved in Financial Navigation at your clinic
Financial Navigation Checklist (Job Aid)
Customize this editable job aid so that all staff supporting patients in navigating the financial costs associated with PrEP deliver the same core message.
Injectable PrEP Billing and Reimbursement FAQs
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This editable chart for providers summarizes available PrEP options and can be used as a quick reference guide when counseling patients
PrEP Financial Navigation (Staff Training) COMING SOON
This ppt summarizes key issues in PrEP financial navigation. Use it to conduct a short in-service training at your clinic.
This component refers to the logistical processes necessary for procurement and storage of injectable PrEP, focusing on obtaining and managing medication stock.
PROCUREMENT & STORAGE
Bring your team together to walk through key decision points and decide how your clinic will procure and store injectable PrEP
Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
Download this template, edit to reflect your site’s SOP, and make it available to all staff who are involved in procurement and storage
Procurement & Storage Checklist (Job Aid)
Customize this editable job aid so that all staff can work together on procurement and storage tasks
iTrack Patient Support Tool COMING SOON
Prescribing & administering
Injectable PrEP Initiation Checklist (Job Aid)
Customize this editable job aid so that all staff can are conducting PrEP initiation visits with the same components and messages
Oral PrEP Follow-up Checklist (Job Aid)
Customize this editable job aid so that all staff are conducting PrEP follow-up visits with the same components and messages
This component focuses on guidelines for clinical eligibility, labs, prescriptions, and visits. It provides resources for clinical staff who will be prescribing and/or administering PrEP to patients. All oral PrEP materials include information about both daily and event-driven PrEP; injectable PrEP materials focus on options that are currently FDA approved.
Bring your team together to walk through key decision points and decide how you want PrEP prescribing and administering to happen at your clinic
Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
Download this template, edit to reflect your site’s SOP, and make it available to all staff who are involved in PrEP prescription or administration at your clinic
Oral PrEP Initiation Checklist (Job Aid)
Customize this editable job aid so that all staff are conducting PrEP initiation visits with the same components and messages
Injectable PrEP Follow-up Checklist (Job Aid)
Customize this editable job aid so that all staff are conducting PrEP follow-up visits with the same components and messages
motivating, engaging & retaining patients
Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
Download this template, edit to reflect your site’s SOP, and make it available to all staff who are involved in PrEP engagement and retention at your clinic
This components focuses on the work of enabling patients to uptake and sustain PrEP over time, including supporting self-efficacy and motivation, reducing logistical burdens, and providing enhanced services that increase patients’ ability to stay engaged in care. It also includes resources for patients who are discontinuing PrEP or switching to a different PrEP option.
Bring your team together to walk through key decision points and decide how your clinic will motivate, engage, and retain patients in care
Stopping Injectable PrEP Infographic (ENGLISH)
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Stopping Injectable PrEP Video (ENGLISH)
Stopping Injectable PrEP Video (SPANISH)
Motivating, Engaging & Retaining Patients Checklist (Job Aid)
Customize this editable job aid so that all staff who work with patients on PrEP engagement and retention deliver the same core messages
PrEP Adherence & Sustainment (Job Aid) COMING SOON
Use or customize this staff manual to help staff understand how best to support patients and learn specific strategies for engagement