Identifying Preferences for a Conditional Cash Transfer to Increase PrEP Use among MSM of Color in Los Angeles County – Slides

This study examines how to optimize a conditional cash transfer (CCT) intervention to increase PrEP use among Black and Latinx men who have sex with men (MSM) in Los Angeles County. Findings from a discrete choice experiment reveal preferences for larger cash payments provided more frequently, with some variation in PrEP modality. These results highlight the potential of tailored CCT designs to improve PrEP uptake and advance national efforts to reduce new HIV transmissions among key populations.

Adherence Self-Efficacy as a Conditional Mediator Between Internalized Heterosexism and Antiretroviral Medication Adherence: The Role of Hazardous Alcohol Use in Young Black Sexual Minority Men with HIV (YBSMM+) – Slides

We found that internalized heterosexism is indirectly associated with self-reported ART adherence, via adherence self-efficacy. This mediating effect is strongest among participants who showed hazardous alcohol use. This underscores a contextualized understanding of these associations among a sample of young Black sexual minority men with HIV.

A ‘Think Aloud’ Qualitative Study to Understand Intersectional Stigma and Discrimination Among Black Sexual Minority Men (SMM) – Slides

Presentation by Khadesia Howell that aims to better understand intersectional stigma and discrimination and its effects on mental health, as well as to improve intersectional stigma assessment tools. It is a qualitative study executed by doing in-depth semi-structured interviews as a way for Black SMM to ‘think aloud’ and tell their stories and experiences. From this we were able to better understand how this marginalized group responds to stigma and discrimination and how they interact with intersectional stigma assessment tools.

Amp: Developing a mobile app using human-centered design to improve the health and well-being of young Black men living with HIV – Slides

Presentation by Taj Morgan that described how we used human-centered design to develop an innovative mobile app to improve HIV care continuum outcomes and overall well-being among young Black gay and bisexual men living with HIV. This process, which involved co-creating the app with end users and HIV service providers, resulted in a program with high feasibility, acceptability, and likely uptake.

A Qualitative Study of Black and Latine HIV Care Consumers’ Perceptions of Providers’ Behaviors, Medical Mistrust, and Experiences of Discrimination – Slides

Presentation by Dr. Toluwani Adekunle that highlights the experiences of Black and Latine HIV care consumers that foster medical mistrust. These are experiences as pertaining to care consumers’ perceptions of healthcare provider behaviors that invoked feelings of stigma/discrimination, thereby influencing care consumers’ levels of trust and mistrust.

Implementing a Community-Engaged Equity Approach to Identify Barriers and Facilitators to the PrEP Care Continuum in Long Beach, CA – Slides

Presentation featuring Laura Hoyt D’Anna and Everardo Alvizo that describes their study aims to address the HIV epidemic by improving PrEP linkage, uptake, and retention among Black and Latinx same-gender loving men, transgender women, and other gender-diverse persons in Long Beach, CA. This is a mixed methods study designed to explore barriers and facilitators to engagement along the PrEP care continuum from the viewpoints of community members and current and potential PrEP providers. Findings will inform the following: 1) the Long Beach HIV/STI Strategic Plan, 2) a culturally appropriate PrEP readiness and facilitation tool, and 3) intervention opportunities to be studied in future research.

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