The wisdom of mistrust: qualitative insights from transgender women who participated in PrEP research in Lima, Peru.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Although pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a remarkable biomedical advance to prevent HIV, ongoing research on PrEP contributes to and interacts with a legacy of HIV experimentation on marginalized communities in resource-limited settings. This paper explores the complexity of PrEP research mistrust among Peruvian transgender (trans) women who completed a PrEP adherence intervention and those who refused participation (i.e. declined to enrol, voluntarily withdrew, and/or were lost to follow-up).

Methods

Data were derived from 86 trans women (mean age 29 years) participants in the formative (four focus groups (n = 32), 20 interviews) and the evaluation stages (34 interviews) of a social network-based PrEP intervention for trans women in Lima, Peru. The formative

SUBMITTER: Perez-Brumer A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9936804 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature