'We go where we know': Reflections from Mobilizing for PrEP and Sexual Health (MobPrESH) - A peer-led PrEP education programme across England, for and by women and non-binary people.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pre-exposure prophylaxis is a highly effective method of HIV prevention but few women know about it, have access to it, or see it as relevant to them. In 2019, grassroots organization PrEPster piloted a peer-led intervention, MobPrESH (Mobilizing for Pre-Exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and Sexual Health), across three sites in England, to mobilize for PrEP and sexual health with communities of women and non-binary people most affected by HIV, including Black women and non-binary people, people of colour, migrants, and transgender (trans) women.

Objectives

We aimed to explore the accessibility, feasibility, acceptability, and 'fidelity' of MobPrESH, from the perspectives of peer mobilizers and project staff.

Methods

We conducted focus group discussions and quali

SUBMITTER: Grenfell P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9006354 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature