Addressing Health Disparities in Engagement, Retention, and Utilization of PrEP Among South Florida Women of Color

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: HIV Prevention, PrEP Adherence

In brief

Women of color (WOC) in South Florida, the region with the highest HIV rates in the U.S., experience significant barriers to accessibility, uptake, and utilization of Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention, despite FDA approval since 2012. The purpose of this study is to use a Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) approach to finalize, and pilot-test a multi-component evidence-based intervention to reduce health disparities in engagement, utilization, and retention in PrEP care, with the goal of improving HIV prevention outcomes for the target population of WOC in S. Florida, primarily African American, Latina, and Haitian women in 3 designated Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) counties: Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05338996

Run by

Florida International University

People needed

72

Starts

2021-10-01

Expected to finish

2023-05-31

Last updated by the study team

2023-06-27

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• >=18 years of age;
• female and identifying as female gender;
• able to provide informed consent;
• willing to document a negative HIV antibody test before starting PrEP;
• reporting recent sexual risk (e.g., sex without condoms in last 3 months, sexually transmitted infection (STI) diagnosis in the last 6 months, post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) use in the last 12 months, transactional sex, partners who are HIV+);
• report history of alcohol and other drug (AOD) use in last 3 months;
• willing to screen for medical contraindications to PrEP according to Florida Health Department guidelines;
• currently not cognitively impaired;
• reporting no history of bipolar disorder, psychosis, or current need for inpatient psychiatric hospitalization.

You may not qualify if…

• Less than 18 years of age;
• not female at birth
• unable to provide informed consent;
• unwilling to document a negative HIV antibody test before starting PrEP;
• unwilling to screen for medical contraindications to PrEP according to Florida Health Department guidelines;
• currently cognitively impaired;
• reporting recent history of bipolar disorder, psychosis, or inpatient psychiatric hospitalization

Where it is running

• Care 4 U Community Health Center — Miami, Florida, United States
• Care Resource, Inc. — Miami, Florida, United States
• Monarch Health Services, Inc. — West Palm Beach, Florida, United States

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