# Our stories, our lives, our health: Refining an automated identification of HIV-negative, PrEP-eligible women in the emergency department

> **NIH NIH R03** · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · 2020 · $87,635

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
Pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, is a highly effective biomedical intervention to prevent HIV acquisition
among at risk populations. PrEP offers an individual-controlled prevention method that is effective and safe.
From 2014 to 2016, only 2% of women who have indication for PrEP received a prescription. Known individual
level barriers to PrEP uptake among women include low rates of PrEP knowledge, low perceived risk of HIV
acquisition, and barriers around how and where to access PrEP. Identification of women who may be at
increased risk for HIV by healthcare systems is a key public health intervention that has potential to reduce
new HIV infections. This study seeks to refine the automation of identification of PrEP-eligible cis-gender
women using the electronic medical record system and other electronic open source and geospatial data
through identifying commonalities among women newly diagnosed with HIV. As current quantitative indicators
perform suboptimally, we will seek to establish commonalities among women with recent HIV infection to refine
performance of the model. Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR), we will
develop an implementation plan for utilization of the refined automated identification of HIV-negative, PrEP-
eligible women in the emergency department. Improving identification of PrEP-eligible HIV-negative women in
an emergency medical setting will likely influence uptake and is a low-cost, innovative solution to identification
of potential PrEP-users. As strategies to increase PrEP uptake among women are under-studied, it is
important to refine approaches for optimal performance.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10021719
- **Project number:** 5R03MH121226-02
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
- **Principal Investigator:** Amy Kristen Johnson
- **Activity code:** R03 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $87,635
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2019-09-23 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10021719

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10021719, Our stories, our lives, our health: Refining an automated identification of HIV-negative, PrEP-eligible women in the emergency department (5R03MH121226-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10021719. Licensed CC0.

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