PrEP
Daily preventive medication
PrEP stands for pre-exposure prophylaxis, a regimen of antiretroviral medication taken by HIV-negative people to prevent infection.
Typically a daily pill, PrEP is highly effective when taken consistently and is recommended for those at elevated risk through sexual activity or injection drug use: My doctor suggested I go on PrEP.
Drug blocking viral reproduction
- pillSolid medicine dose
- dailyPer diem, repeated
- prescriptionMedical dispensing authorization
- tabletFlat portable computing device
dosage · regimen · adherence · pharmacy · generic · brand · oral · prophylactic
AIDS-causing retrovirus
- transmissionSending of information
- protectionGuarding against harm
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
- negativeOpposite of affirmative
undetectable · condoms · infection · acquisition · efficacy · effectiveness · biomedical
Outpatient treatment facility
- providerOne who furnishes things
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- testingExamining to evaluate
- consultationMeeting seeking expert guidance
follow-up · monitoring · bloodwork · checkup · appointment · counseling · insurance · copay
Required payment amount
- coverageExtent of inclusion
- affordabilityState of being purchasable
- GileadTransjordanian territory in scripture
- genericNot brand-name
barrier · disparity · equity · underserved · awareness · stigma · outreach · availability
Dominant news sources, abbreviated
- gayAttracted to same sex
- bisexualAttracted to multiple genders
- couplesRomantic partners together
- LGBTQSexual and gender minorities
high-risk · vulnerable · partners · heterosexual · women · transgender · youth
antiretroviral
Drug blocking viral reproduction
- pillSolid medicine dose
- dailyPer diem, repeated
- prescriptionMedical dispensing authorization
tablet · dosage · regimen · adherence · pharmacy · generic · brand · oral · prophylactic · drug
HIV
AIDS-causing retrovirus
- transmissionSending of information
- protectionGuarding against harm
- barrierObstruction preventing passage
negative · undetectable · condoms · infection · acquisition · efficacy · effectiveness · biomedical
clinic
Outpatient treatment facility
consultation · follow-up · monitoring · bloodwork · checkup · appointment · counseling · insurance · copay · telehealth
cost
Required payment amount
- coverageExtent of inclusion
- affordabilityState of being purchasable
- GileadTransjordanian territory in scripture
generic · barrier · disparity · equity · underserved · awareness · stigma · outreach · availability · navigation
MSM
Dominant news sources, abbreviated
LGBTQ · high-risk · vulnerable · partners · heterosexual · women · transgender · youth
- preventionflu shot, prevent, flu shots, protect, vaccines
- reproductive healthpregnancy, infertility, childbirth, male infertility, fertility rates
- Sexual Healthcondoms, birth control, contraception, contraceptives, HIV testing
- HIV servicestesting centers, rapid testing, treatment, anonymous testing, prevention
- HIV/AIDSHIV, AIDS, AIDS crisis, AIDS quilt, antiretrovirals
- preventive medicinesflu shot, vaccines, immunizations, boosters, hepatitis vaccine
PrEPunprotected sex
Intercourse without contraception
bareback · exposure · barebacking · vulnerability · HIV infection
- prepare the wayMake ready beforehand
- prep schoolPrivate pre-college institution
- meal prepAdvance food preparation
- pre-existing conditionsIllnesses predating insurance enrollment
- food prepReadying ingredients for cooking
- test prepStudying for major exams
prepare, preparation, preparatory, pre, preemptive, preparative