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Thailand HIV and Stigma Reduction Study

RecruitingNA

Sponsor: University of Massachusetts, Worcester

Conditions: Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis

Interventions: Mobile Healthy Choices (mHC), Finding Respect and Ending Stigma around HIV (FRESH), Standard PrEP Counseling

Countries: Thailand

This project will develop a multi-component, technology-delivered intervention designed to reduce HIV and intersectional stigma and improve the use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among HIV-negative Thai vulnerable emerging adults (18-29 years).

Eligibility overview

Sex: MALE

Age: 18 Years to 29 Years

Healthy volunteers: Yes

Study type: INTERVENTIONAL

Eligibility criteria

Aim 1 (Formative Research and Beta-Testing) Transgender women

Inclusion Criteria:

* Ages between 18 and 29 years
* Male sex at birth
* Self-identifies as women, transgender women or culturally identifies with the female spectrum
* Laboratory-confirmed HIV-negative status
* Self-reported recent history of condomless sex
* Able to understand, read and speak Thai
* Either not started PrEP or currently on PrEP but not adherent (taking ≤3 pills/week) in the past month.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Have a serious cognitive or psychiatric problem compromising ability to provide informed consent
* Have active suicidal ideation or major mental illness at the time of interview (these patients will be referred for treatment)
* Laboratory or clinical findings that would preclude PrEP initiation (e.g., decreased creatinine clearance)
* Currently enrolled in another HIV intervention study.

Healthcare providers Inclusion criteria

* Age 18 or above
* Has provided HIV prevention or treatment services for TGW for at least one year Exclusion criteria
* None

Aim 2 (Pilot RCT) Transgender women Inclusion criteria

* Ages between 18 and 29 years
* Male sex at birth
* Self-identifies as women, transgender women or culturally identifies with the female spectrum
* Laboratory-confirmed HIV-negative status
* Self-reported recent history of condomless sex
* Able to understand, read and speak Thai
* Either not started PrEP or currently on PrEP but not adherent (taking ≤3 pills/week) in the past month.

Exclusion criteria

* Have a serious cognitive or psychiatric problem compromising ability to provide informed consent
* Have active suicidal ideation or major mental illness at the time of interview (these patients will be referred for treatment)
* Laboratory or clinical findings that would preclude PrEP initiation (e.g., decreased creatinine clearance)
* Currently enrolled in another HIV intervention study.

Locations (3)

Bangkok, Thailand
Bangkok, Thailand
Bangkok, Thailand