The goal of this to address barriers and facilitators to PrEP uptake, and encourage adherence among trans women via a single arm stepped wedge clinical trial. The main question is to compare PrEP uptake and adherence outcomes among trans women in the T'Cher intervention to the delayed study arm.
The intervention will also assess changes in health care empowerment and support for Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) as mediating the effect of the intervention on PrEP uptake and adherence among trans women.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
200
Ecological momentary assessments to identify and address stressors related to social determinants of health (e.g., housing, substance use, mental health), and motivational interviewing to support participants' health care empowerment and progression along the PrEP continuum.
NO/AIDS Task Force d.b.a. CrescentCare
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
RECRUITINGPrEP uptake
The proportion of participants enrolled in the study who begin to take PrEP
Time frame: 24 months
Social determinant stressors
The proportion of participants enrolled in the study who address social determinant stressors
Time frame: 24 months
Health care empowerment
The proportion of participants enrolled in the study who report improved healthcare empowerment
Time frame: 24 months
Patterns and correlates of PrEP adherence
Analysis of PrEP adherence among those who begin PrEP. Patterns and correlates of adherence will be measures using data from self report surveys and urine assays
Time frame: 24 months
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