Efficacy of an Empowerment-Based, Group-Delivered HIV Prevention Intervention for Young Transgender Women: The Project LifeSkills Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The incidence of HIV infection among transgender women in the United States is extremely high, with young transgender women (YTW) at highest risk; condomless sex is the primary risk behavior for transmission. However, there are no published randomized clinical trials to date examining interventions to reduce sexual risk for HIV acquisition and transmission within this group.

Objective

To determine the efficacy of a culturally specific, empowerment-based, and group-delivered behavioral prevention intervention to reduce sexual risk for HIV acquisition and transmission in sexually active YTW aged 16 to 29 years.

Design, setting, and participants

Randomized clinical efficacy trial of Project LifeSkills, a group-delivered, behavioral HIV prevention intervention,

SUBMITTER: Garofalo R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6233762 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature