A Peer-Led Digital Intervention to Reduce HIV Prevention and Care Disparities Among Young Brazilian Transgender Women (The BeT Study): Protocol for an Intervention Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The HIV epidemic continues to disproportionately burden marginalized populations despite the availability of effective preventive and therapeutic interventions. Transgender women are severely affected by HIV worldwide including in Brazil and other low- and middle-income countries, with evidence of increasing new infections among young people. There is an urgent need for youth-specific HIV prevention and care interventions for young transgender women in Brazil.

Objective

This study aims to (1) address stigma in the Brazilian public health system and (2) reduce barriers to HIV care and prevention with systems navigation among young transgender women aged 18-24 years in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Methods

The Brilhar e Transcender (BeT) study is a status-neutral,

SUBMITTER: Jalil EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9938440 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature