PrEP Care Continuum at an Urban Safety-Net Healthcare Program in Atlanta During its First Three Years of Implementation

Valeria D Cantos^{1

2}, Kate Ferencsik³, Anandi N Sheth^{4

5}, Jessica M Sales⁶, Isabella Batina⁴, Elizabeth Chang⁷, Robert Krafty⁸, Amalia Aldredge^{4

5}, Dylan Baker^{7

5}, Kelly Reyna⁹, Ana Paula Duarte¹⁰, Grant Roth¹¹, Meredith Lora^{7

5}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, 46 Armstrong Street, Atlanta, GA, 30303, USA. vcantos@emory.edu.
² Grady Health System, Atlanta, USA. vcantos@emory.edu.
³ Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, USA.
⁴ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, 46 Armstrong Street, Atlanta, GA, 30303, USA.
⁵ Grady Health System, Atlanta, USA.
⁶ Department of Behavioral Social, and Health Education Sciences, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, USA.
⁷ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA.
⁸ Department of Biostatistics, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, USA.
⁹ Department of Government Programs, Genentech, San Francisco, USA.
¹⁰ Climate and Health Program, Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA.
¹¹ Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Bureau of Hepatitis, HIV, and Sexually Transmitted Infections, New York City, NY, USA.

Valeria D Cantos et al. AIDS Behav. 2025.

. 2025 Aug 11.

doi: 10.1007/s10461-025-04830-8. Online ahead of print.

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, 46 Armstrong Street, Atlanta, GA, 30303, USA. vcantos@emory.edu.
² Grady Health System, Atlanta, USA. vcantos@emory.edu.
³ Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, USA.
⁴ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, 46 Armstrong Street, Atlanta, GA, 30303, USA.
⁵ Grady Health System, Atlanta, USA.
⁶ Department of Behavioral Social, and Health Education Sciences, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, USA.
⁷ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA.
⁸ Department of Biostatistics, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, USA.
⁹ Department of Government Programs, Genentech, San Francisco, USA.
¹⁰ Climate and Health Program, Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA.
¹¹ Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Bureau of Hepatitis, HIV, and Sexually Transmitted Infections, New York City, NY, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declarations. Competing Interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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