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Integration of Gender-Affirming Primary Care and Peer Navigation With HIV Prevention and Treatment Services to Improve the Health of Transgender Women: Protocol for a Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study.
Lama, Javier R; Mayer, Kenneth H; Perez-Brumer, Amaya G; Huerta, Leyla; Sanchez, Hugo; Clark, Jesse L; Sanchez, Jorge; Reisner, Sari L.
Afiliação
  • Lama JR; Asociacion Civil Impacta Salud y Educacion, Lima, Peru.
  • Mayer KH; The Fenway Institute, Boston, MA, United States.
  • Perez-Brumer AG; Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States.
  • Huerta L; Epicentro, Lima, Peru.
  • Sanchez H; Epicentro, Lima, Peru.
  • Clark JL; Department of Medicine, Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
  • Sanchez J; Centro de Investigaciones Tecnologicas, Biomedicas y Medioambientales, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru.
  • Reisner SL; The Fenway Institute, Boston, MA, United States.
JMIR Res Protoc ; 8(6): e14091, 2019 Jun 27.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31250829
BACKGROUND: Public health strategies are urgently needed to improve HIV disparities among transgender women, including holistic intervention approaches that address those health needs prioritized by the community. Hormone therapy is the primary method by which many transgender women medically achieve gender affirmation. Peer navigation has been shown to be effective to engage and retain underserved populations living with HIV in stable primary medical care. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to assess the feasibility and acceptability of an integrated innovative HIV service delivery model designed to improve HIV prevention and care by combining gender-affirming primary care and peer navigation with HIV prevention and treatment services. METHODS: A 12-month, nonrandomized, single-arm cohort study was implemented in Lima, Peru, among adult individuals, assigned a male sex at birth, who identified themselves as transgender women, regardless of initiation or completion of medical gender affirmation, and who were unaware of their HIV serostatus or were living with HIV but not engaged in HIV treatment. HIV-negative participants received quarterly HIV testing and were offered to initiate pre-exposure prophylaxis. HIV-positive participants were offered to initiate antiretroviral treatment and underwent quarterly plasma HIV-1 RNA and peripheral CD4+ lymphocyte cell count monitoring. All participants received feminizing hormone therapy and adherence counseling and education on their use. Peer health navigation facilitated retention in care by visiting participants at home, work, or socialization venues, or by contacting them by social media and phone. RESULTS: Patient recruitment started in October 2016 and finished in March 2017. The cohort ended follow-up on March 2018. Data analysis is currently underway. CONCLUSIONS: Innovative and culturally sensitive strategies to improve access to HIV prevention and treatment services for transgender women are vital to curb the burden of HIV epidemic for this key population. Findings of this intervention will inform future policies and research, including evaluation of its efficacy in a randomized controlled trial. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03757117; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03757117. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID): DERR1-10.2196/14091.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Tipo de estudo: Clinical_trials / Etiology_studies / Guideline / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies Aspecto: Determinantes_sociais_saude Idioma: En Revista: JMIR Res Protoc Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Peru País de publicação: Canadá

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Tipo de estudo: Clinical_trials / Etiology_studies / Guideline / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies Aspecto: Determinantes_sociais_saude Idioma: En Revista: JMIR Res Protoc Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Peru País de publicação: Canadá