This presentation is about how to design a public health campaign to increase awareness of long-acting injectable PrEP among Black men who have sex with men (BMSM) in Los Angeles County through community-driven recommendations. We conducted focus groups, which highlighted ideas about clear, factual messaging, authentic representation, trusted messengers, and careful visual choices to address stigma and medical mistrust among the BMSM community.
Public health campaigns offer one strategy to increase awareness of HIV prevention options among at-risk populations. However, what is currently lacking in the literature is research on the development of a long-acting injectable PrEP campaign for disproportionately affected populations. Therefore, this study solicited community recommendations from LMSM for a campaign to raise awareness of LAI PrEP among this population in LAC.
This community workshop hosted by our Equitable Injectable PrEP in LA County Initiative featured a panel of Black and Latino/a cisgender MSM and transgender women (BLMSM/TW) who shared their experiences with injectable PrEP in Los Angeles County.
This policy brief provides lessons learned from the longer-standing experiences of delivering Long Acting Injectables (LAIs) for other chronic conditions in the fields of mental health and addiction offering insights into the use of newly available LAIs for HIV prevention and treatment.
This executive summary highlights lessons learned from the longer-standing experiences of delivering LAIs for other chronic conditions in the fields of mental health and addiction offer insights into the use of newly available LAIs for HIV prevention and treatment. A socio-ecological framework was used to discuss issues surrounding the implementation of LAIs for all three types of conditions and explore ways to maximize potential benefits for HIV.
CHIPTS hosted a community workshop entitled “State of the Science: What we know and what we still need to know about long-acting injectable PrEP” as part of our Equitable Injectable PrEP in LA County Initiative. This workshop occurred on Wednesday, March 8, 2023, from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM via Zoom, and the primary audience is community members and frontline staff. The workshop was conducted in English with live simultaneous Spanish translation for monolingual Spanish speakers.
The Equitable Injectable PrEP in LA County Initiative presented a workshop with Dr. Raphael J. Landovitz on up-to-date scientific information and clinical considerations for the implementation of long-acting injectable PrEP. The primary audience for this workshop is healthcare providers who serve Black and/or Latina/o transgender women and/or men who have sex with men in Los Angeles County.
The project will host 7 informational/educational community workshops to provide up-to-date and relevant information on LAI-PrEP to providers (medical and non-medical) that serve Black/Latino/a MSM and transgender women and potential consumers. Additionally, the project will develop a community-derived and culturally appropriate strategic messaging guide to facilitate ongoing dissemination of LAI PrEP information to our focused populations of providers and consumers.