Meredith E Clement, Brian Perry, Kevin McKenna, Jeremy Beckford, Tamachia Davenport, Erica Murray, Veronica Magee, Jacquelyn N Bickham, Julia Siren, Amy Smith, Rebecca Lillis, Amy Corneli
There is an unmet need for HIV prevention among Black cisgender women. From January to November 2020, we conducted formative research to develop locally informed implementation strategies to enhance pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake among Black cisgender women in New Orleans, Louisiana. Following an iterative process, we conducted in-depth interviews (IDIs) with Black women who were not taking PrEP and used those findings to inform IDIs with Black women taking PrEP. We asked about PrEP awareness, social support, PrEP-related norms, medical mistrust, motivation to take PrEP, and potential implementation strategies...
March 2024: AIDS Patient Care and STDs