Factors Influencing PrEP Adoption in Ontario Sexual Health Clinics: A Qualitative Study

A 2026 qualitative study by Emma Nagy analyzes factors influencing the adoption of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in Ontario's public health sexual health clinics. The dataset includes interview data from 18 staff and managers across 12 clinics, categorized using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research and the Health Equity Implementation Framework. It is a 28.6 KB document file available under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyzing barriers and facilitators to PrEP service implementation based on interview themes like post-COVID constraints and funding limitations.
• Comparing clinic adoption categories (e.g., innovators, early adopters) based on factors like workflow integration and organizational culture described in the results.
• Studying equity-focused implementation factors based on described obstacles related to socioeconomic disadvantage, rurality, and stigma.

Strengths

• Data is grounded in a recognized theoretical framework, the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR).
• Analysis includes an explicit equity lens through the application of the Health Equity Implementation Framework (HEIF).
• Study draws from 18 semi-structured interviews across 12 distinct clinic sites, providing multiple perspectives.

Limitations

• The dataset is a 28.6 KB document; the underlying qualitative interview data (e.g., transcripts) is not directly available, limiting reproducibility and computational analysis.
• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; data structure and variable semantics must be inferred from the manuscript.
• Findings are specific to 12 sexual health clinics in Ontario, Canada, which may limit generalizability.

Provenance

Source

Emma Nagy, published on figshare.

Collection Method

Semi-structured interviews analyzed via content analysis guided by the CFIR and HEIF frameworks.

Time Range

Study published in 2026; specific data collection period is not stated.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-22.

Geography

Public Health Sexual Health Clinics (PHSHCs) within Ontario, Canada.