Behavioral Intervention to Reduce Psychological Distress Symptoms Among Black Gender Minority Women Experiencing Chronic Stigma
Emory University
Summary
The research objectives of this study are to first, develop a culturally informed community-based intervention with guidance from community members (via focus groups and theater testing) to reduce the effect of chronic stigma exposure on psychological distress symptoms (PTS and depressive symptoms) among transgender women. Second, the research team will conduct a proof-of-concept trial to determine the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of the resulting intervention.
Description
The proposed research builds on our previous work with Black gender minority (GM) women and addresses research gaps. The researchers propose to develop and examine the feasibility of an intervention to improve psychological distress symptom management related to chronic stigma exposure among Black GM women. A hybrid delivery model is proposed where a) weekly group sessions will be co-led by a community member with expertise in working with transgender women and a public health nurse, b) supplemental educational content will be available for individual consumption via an online portal or applic…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18–99 years
- Sex
- Female
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: * 18 years or older * gender is woman/transgender feminine/female * assigned male sex at birth * speak/read English Exclusion Criteria: * Enrolled in mental health treatment or a controlled consequential environment (e.g. mental health transitional living environment)
Interventions
- BehavioralAdaptive Intervention Approach
This is an adaptive intervention approach with 7 module-based sessions selected on the basis of post-session assessments of acceptability and satisfaction; 1. weekly group sessions will be co-led by a community member with expertise in working with transgender women and a public health nurse, 2. supplemental educational content will be available for individual consumption via an online portal or application (and tracked via participant click counts), and 3. additional social resources will be available through the online portal or app.
Location
- Emory University School of NursingAtlanta, Georgia