Microeconomic Intervention to Reduce HIV Transmission in Economically Disadvantaged Transgender Women

Virginia Commonwealth University4 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this research study is to learn more about the economic situations, discrimination experiences, and risk behaviors of transgender women. The ultimate purpose of the study is to test an intervention to improve financial conditions and reduce HIV risk behaviors in transgender women.

The study includes a microeconomic intervention which will provide education on a variety of economic and behavioral topics. Participants will complete questionnaires on multiple occasions during the study.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Hiv Transgenderism

Interventions

Microeconomic InterventionBEHAVIORAL

The intervention will consist of six sessions on six different days. Sessions will be held at VCU or at one of VCU's community partners. Each session will last for around 2 ½ hours (around 15 hours total). There will be breaks and food will be provided. During the sessions the facilitators will provide education on a variety of topics, including economic services that are available to people living in Richmond, job skills (such as creating a resume and dealing with discrimination at work), personal finance education, gender transition ideas, and HIV prevention. The sessions will occur in a group of about 4-10 transgender women.

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 45 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Transgender woman * 18-45 years of age At least one of the following economic vulnerability factors: unemployment or underemployment \[less than 20 hours/week\], low income \[less than the Medicaid poverty threshold\], housing insecurity in the past year or food insecurity in the past year • Behavioral vulnerability to HIV transmission (reported at least one episode of unprotected sex in prior 6 months or at least one other behavioral HIV transmission risk factor in the past 6 months: \[transactional sex, multiple sexual partners, 1-time sexual partner, sex under the influence of drugs or alcohol, sex with partner of unknown HIV status). Exclusion Criteria: * obvious signs of intoxication or cognitive impairment * cannot speak English.

Locations (1)

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia, United States