This factsheet describes the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) 083. a randomized active-controlled, double-blind clinical trial that began in December 2016. The study has compared the safety and efficacy of two drugs for use as PrEP among a Population at increased risk of HIV infection.
Oral presentation by Austin Nation at the CHIPTS Next Generation Conference that describes how LGBT individuals experience significant health disparities and discusses the importance of examining health care and mental health care experiences of LGBT community and identify gaps. The presentation highlights the ongoing quantitative cross-sectional study utilizing survey data.
Oral presentation by Chenglin Hong, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs that describes an on-going study that aims to determine past 6 months STI testing and diagnoses, identify sociodemographic and behavioral correlates of recent STI testing, and examine the association between recent STI testing and HIV serostatus among Chinese MSM.
Oral presentation by Raiza Beltran that describes an increasing number of HIV infections detected among military personnel each year, especially among active duty Black gay and bisexual men. The presentation also highlights the Military Acceptance Project that captures providers’ negative beliefs or knowledge gaps regarding PrEP, lack of a system-wide approach to PrEP access, and confidentiality concerns through focus group interviews.
Oral presentation by Angel B. Algarin that’s examines regional differences in the HIV care cascade among MSM in Mexico, some of the variables that measures care cascade are related to HIV counseling at diagnosis, linkage to care, lab results, access to ART, currently on ART. The presentation also describes how lower resources, increased stigma, and accessibility issue could be driving regional disparities.
This report summarizes the preliminary findings and next steps emerging from the “Technology-Based PrEP Delivery and Retention Services for Black and Latino MSM, Black and Latina Transgender Women, Black and Latina Cisgender Women, and Persons Who Inject Drugs in Los Angeles County” community consultation. The report includes a description of the study procedures, preliminary results, and recommendations for future implementation.
Oral presentation by Jesse B. Fletcher, Friends Research Institute, Inc at the 2020 CHIPTS HIV Next Generation Conference describes the current pilot study that tests the effects of supplementing intensive outpatient MA treatment for GBM with a pre-existing, low-cost, low intensity, automated depression intervention. GBM who newly enrolled into the Getting Off MA treatment program at Friends Community Center were offered the chance to co-enroll in the computerized MoodGym intervention to reduce depression symptoms.
Oral presentation by Chunqing Lin, UCLA CHIPTS at the 2020 CHIPTS HIV Next Generation Conference examining the presence of mental health and substance use issues, documenting service reception and service gap, and identifying the factors associated with service fulfilment in MSM in China.
Oral presentation by Lindsay E. Young, University of Chicago, Department of Medicine at the 2020 CHIPTS HIV Next Generation Conference that examines the impact of social network intervention to increase PrEP awareness and access in the personal networks of young Black MSM and transwomen living in Chicago.
Oral presentation by Jessica Saleska, UCLA CHIPTS at the 2020 CHIPTS HIV Next Generation Conference that examines the role of race/ethnicity and place on PrEP use among adolescent cisMSM. The presentation discusses the impact of racial/ethnic disparities in PrEP use and if these disparities would persist if there were an adjustment for care access & socioeconomic factors.