Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Perspectives: Prior Auths Create Dangerous Hurdles To Medication Access; Stylists Receive PrEP Education
As a pediatric rheumatologist, I care for children with rare forms of chronic illness for which we now have highly effective therapies. But too often, my patients can鈥檛 access these effective therapies because insurers put up many barriers to coverage. (Dori Abel, 2/28)
Disparities in PrEP uptake affecting Black cisgender women arise from a lack of both targeted media outreach and interventions for this population.2,4 Hair stylists have long been established as effective leaders in health promotion activities, especially in the Black community.5 Therefore, we codesigned a mixed-methods study using a community-partnership approach involving Black women, hair stylists, and an established community advisory council to develop and pilot a salon-based intervention, UPDOs Protective Styles (Using PrEP and Doing It for Ourselves). (Schenita D. Randolph, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.N., F.A.A.N., and Ragan Johnson, D.N.P., F.N.P.-B.C., C.N.E., 2/24)
