A Multi-Level Trauma-Informed Approach to Increase HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Initiation Among Black Women

Description

U.S. epidemiological data indicates that Black women are a high-risk HIV disparity group, yet initiation of novel prevention strategies like pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among this group is stagnant. Socio-structural challenges like intimate partner violence and gendered racism can constrain PrEP access among Black women, but few implementation studies have mitigated these challenges to improve PrEP initiation. The proposed research aims to implement and assess the effectiveness, implementation, and sustainability of a multilevel intervention to increase PrEP initiation among Black women with and without intimate partner violence in Baltimore.

Conditions

HIV Prevention, PrEP, Women, Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)

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Study overview

U.S. epidemiological data indicates that Black women are a high-risk HIV disparity group, yet initiation of novel prevention strategies like pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among this group is stagnant. Socio-structural challenges like intimate partner violence and gendered racism can constrain PrEP access among Black women, but few implementation studies have mitigated these challenges to improve PrEP initiation. The proposed research aims to implement and assess the effectiveness, implementation, and sustainability of a multilevel intervention to increase PrEP initiation among Black women with and without intimate partner violence in Baltimore.

Trauma-Informed HIV Prevention for Black Women in Baltimore

A Multi-Level Trauma-Informed Approach to Increase HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Initiation Among Black Women

Condition
HIV Prevention
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Baltimore

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21205

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * self-identified Black cisgender woman;
  • * self-reported HIV-negative status, and
  • * ≥18 years.
  • * reports unprotected vaginal or anal sex in the past 6 months with a male sexual partner,
  • * have at least one substantial HIV risk factor in the past 6 months according to the 2021 Centers for Disease Control (CDC) PrEP Eligibility Guidelines (i.e., HIV-positive sexual partner, recent bacterial Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD), 2+ sex partners, history of inconsistent or no condom use, commercial sex work, and residing in high HIV prevalence area or network), and
  • * never taken PrEP
  • * non-English speaking and
  • * currently living with HIV

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,

Tiara C. Willie, PhD, MA, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Study Record Dates

2028-02