Preferences for HIV prevention conditional cash transfers among Black/African American and Latinx cisgender MSM in Los Angeles.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

In Los Angeles, cisgender men who have sex with men (MSM) - particularly Black/African American and Latinx individuals - are a high-priority population for new HIV prevention interventions. Incentive programs that pay people for engaging in healthy behaviors, also known as "conditional cash transfers" (CCTs), are a promising strategy, but there is little evidence about their use in Black/African American and Latinx cisgender MSM.

Design and methods

We surveyed 133 cisgender MSM who identified as Black/African American or Latinx and included a discrete choice experiment to elicit their preferences for CCTs to incentivize preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use and, separately, HIV testing.

Results

Our findings suggest that respondents preferred more frequent paym

SUBMITTER: Moucheraud C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12700674 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature