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. 2021 Aug;33(4):345-360.
doi: 10.1521/aeap.2021.33.4.345.

Evaluating Locally Developed Interventions to Promote PrEP Among Racially/Ethnically Diverse Transgender Women in the United States: A Unique CDC Initiative

Scott D Rhodes  1 , Lisa M Kuhns  2 , Jasmine Alexander  3 , Jorge Alonzo  1 , Patricia A Bessler  4 , Cari Courtenay-Quirk  4 , Damian J Denson  4 , Kaiji Evans  3 , Carla A Galindo  4 , Robert Garofalo  2 , Deborah J Gelaude  4 , Anna L Hotton  5 , Amy K Johnson  2 , Lilli Mann-Jackson  1 , Abigail Muldoon  6 , Reyna Ortiz  3 , Josie Lynne Paul  3 , Judy Perloff  3 , Kevin Pleasant  3 , Beth A Reboussin  7 , Lucero Refugio Aviles  8 , Eunyoung Y Song  9 , Amanda E Tanner  10 , Scott Trent  8
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Evaluating Locally Developed Interventions to Promote PrEP Among Racially/Ethnically Diverse Transgender Women in the United States: A Unique CDC Initiative

Scott D Rhodes et al. AIDS Educ Prev. 2021 Aug.

Abstract

In the United States, transgender women are disproportionately affected by HIV. However, few evidence-based prevention interventions exist for this key population. We describe two promising, locally developed interventions that are currently being implemented and evaluated through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Combination HIV Prevention for Transgender Women Project: (a) ChiCAS, designed to promote the uptake of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), condom use, and medically supervised hormone therapy among Spanish-speaking transgender Latinas, and (b) TransLife Care, designed to address the structural drivers of HIV risk through access to housing, employment, legal services, and medical services, including HIV preventive care (e.g., PrEP use) among racially/ethnically diverse urban transgender women. If the evaluation trials determine that these interventions are effective, they will be among the first such interventions for use with transgender women incorporating PrEP, thereby contributing to the evidence-based resources that may be used to reduce HIV risk among this population.

Keywords: PrEP; intervention; minority; transgender.

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