A Pilot Study to Evaluate a Novel Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Peer Outreach and Navigation Intervention for Women at High Risk for HIV Infection

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• Alternative Title:
  AIDS Behav
• Personal Author:
  Blackstock, Oni J. ; Platt, Joey ; Golub, Sarit A. ; Anakaraonye, Amarachi R. ; Norton, Brianna L. ; Walters, Suzan M. ; Sevelius, Jae M. ; Cunningham, Chinazo O.
• Description:
  Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake remains woefully low among U.S. women at high risk for HIV acquisition. We evaluated a pilot intervention which involved Peers providing brief PrEP education and counseling at mobile syringe exchange sites and at sex worker and syringe exchange drop-in centers followed by navigation to PrEP care. Peers recruited English-proficient, self-identified women (i.e., cisgender and transgender women and persons with other transfeminine identities) over a 3-month period and delivered the intervention to 52 HIV-negative/status unknown participants. Thirty-eight participants (73.1%) reported PrEP interest, 27 (51.9%) accepted the offer of a PrEP appointment, 13 (25.0%) scheduled a PrEP appointment, 3 (5.8%) attended an initial PrEP appointment, and none were prescribed PrEP. We found a gap between PrEP interest and connecting women to PrEP care. Further study is needed to understand this gap, including exploring innovative approaches to delivering PrEP care to women at highest risk for HIV.
• Subjects:
  Anti-HIV Agents Article Female HIV HIV Infections Humans Pilot Projects Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Sex Work Syringe Exchange Programs Transgender Persons Transsexualism Women

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• Source:
  AIDS Behav. 25(5):1411-1422
• Pubmed ID:
  32748159
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8284566
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  K24 DA051328/DA/NIDA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U01PS005111/ACL/ACL HHSUnited States/ ; 1U01PS005111-01/CC/CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  25
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a9636deb6dc23e33ef4ee82a895d2a81985fcff7b63dfeb771cfb0ce7976a2ee
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/108164/cdc_108164_DS1.pdf
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