Integrated HIV Prevention

An investment in integrated HIV prevention services would aid in the reduction of new
HIV infections, standardize prevention services across health care organizations and curb economic burden of providing HIV treatment over a patient’s lifespan. Standardized integrated preventative services across healthcare systems would destigmatize HIV services facilitating universal access to prevention and treatment services. HIV infection can occur regardless of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, age, social status, and lifestyle, even if there are certain groups at higher risk. Integrated preventive services would benefit all populations including those vulnerable populations that need special consideration due to lack of access to care, poverty, geographical …show more content…
The brief suggests that current law is in the place for the delivery and financing of preventive services but cites available data to imply neither program is providing or has policy to reimburse noteworthy preventive services. The challenge of fiscal insecurity hinders both programs from initiating, shifting, or enhancing resources to employ preventive services. The policy problem is too broad as it aims to explore structural and systems level issues for not only the Medicaid and Ryan White Programs but also other federal entities. The brief aims to provide umbrella solutions for policy, funding, health systems—at federal, local, and state level—practice in programs, organizational structures, and health care coverage. The primary problem is not clearly identified in the brief and gets diluted in the broad approach to examine the “structural-level opportunities and challenges associated with the delivery of HIV prevention service in clinical care