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December 16, 2020 A new study shows that implementing PrEP distribution within a community-based syringe services program gets the medication into the hands of women who inject drugs — a population disproportionately impacted by HIV. When taken daily, pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, is a highly effectiveway to prevent HIV transmission, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Now a new study shows that implementing PrEP distribution within a community-based syringe services program gets the medication into the hands of women who inject drugs — a population dispropor...

 E-Mail When taken daily, pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, is a highly effective way to prevent HIV transmission, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Now a new study shows that implementing PrEP distribution within a community-based syringe services program gets the medication into the hands of women who inject drugs -- a population disproportionately impacted by HIV. The results, from researchers at Drexel University's Dornsife School of Public Health, Dornsife School of Public Health, were recently published in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome....

 E-Mail IMAGE: These figures show predicted values of allostatic load for women and men for each race/nativity group by survey cycle between 2005 to 2018. view more  Credit: American Journal of Preventive Medicine Ann Arbor, December 15, 2020 - Structural racism can lead to discrimination in many aspects of life including criminal justice, employment, housing, health care, political power, and education. A new study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine examines the impact of structural racism on health and confirms that chronic exposure to stressors leads to a m...

Study: Structural racism has material impact on health of ethnic minorities, immigrants Structural racism can lead to discrimination in many aspects of life including criminal justice, employment, housing, health care, political power, and education. A new study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine examines the impact of structural racism on health and confirms that chronic exposure to stressors leads to a marked erosion of health that is particularly severe among foreign-born Blacks and Latinx. Investigators say largescale structural policies that address structural raci...