Reducing Intersecting Stigmas in HIV Service Organizations: An Implementation Science Model.

ABSTRACT:

Background

HIV-related and intersectional stigmas are key barriers for service delivery, but best practices are nascent for addressing them in high-resource and high-burden contexts such as New York City (NYC). The Stigma Reduction and Resilience (STAR) implementation science (IS) Mapping Project in 2020 identified untested stigma reduction efforts in HIV organizations, highlighting the need for an IS framework.

Setting

Organizations providing HIV prevention and/or care in NYC.

Methods

An interagency team determined that IS provides a structured approach for addressing identified gaps in stigma reduction efforts, but defining existing IS concepts and adapting IS frameworks were necessary to facilitate its use. The Implementation Research Logic Model was adapted to emp

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez-Hart C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10790311 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature