Strengthening resilience to reduce HIV risk in Indian MSM: a multicity, randomised, clinical efficacy trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Men who have sex with men (MSM) in India are extremely marginalised and stigmatised, and therefore experience immense psychosocial stress. As current HIV prevention interventions in India do not address mental health or resilience to these stressors, we aimed to evaluate a resilience-based psychosocial intervention in the context of HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention.

Methods

We did a multicity, randomised, clinical efficacy trial in Chennai (governmental tuberculosis research institute) and Mumbai (non-governmental organisation for MSM), India. Inclusion criteria were MSM, aged 18 years or older, who were at risk of HIV acquisition or transmission, defined as having any of the following in the 4 months before screening: anal sex with four or

SUBMITTER: Safren SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8091574 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature