Evaluating an Interactive Digital Toolkit for Women's PrEP Implementation
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Summary
The goal of this study is to test if a Digital PrEP Toolkit helps cisgender women learn about and access PrEP in Alabama and Mississippi. PrEP is a medication that prevents HIV infection. The main questions it aims to answer are: Can participants complete the Digital PrEP Toolkit in under 10 minutes? Do participants find the Digital PrEP Toolkit useful and easy to use? Does the Digital PrEP Toolkit increase the number of women who start taking PrEP? Investigators will work with up to 125 women at 3 HIV and STI clinics in Alabama and Mississippi. Participants will use the Digital PrEP Toolkit on a tablet at the clinic. They will answer questions about their HIV knowledge before and after using the Toolkit. Participants will then discuss PrEP options with a healthcare staff member and decide if they want to start PrEP. Participants will answer follow-up questions at 3 months. Investigators will also review participants' medical records at 6 months to see if they started PrEP and are still taking it.
Description
Cisgender women in the rural southeastern United States face substantial HIV risk. Despite this, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use among women remains alarmingly low. PrEP is a medication that prevents HIV infection. Barriers to PrEP use among women include limited PrEP awareness and knowledge, low HIV risk perception, challenging client-provider conversations about sexual health, and structural challenges like transportation difficulties and time constraints. This study will test an Interactive Digital PrEP Toolkit that includes HIV prevention education tailored to women in the Southeast,…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- Female
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria: * HIV-negative * Cisgender women * 18 years or older * English-speaking * Report sexual activity in the last six months or anticipate sexual activity in the next six months. Exclusion Criteria: * Younger than 18 years of age * Do not identify as female and/or were not biologically assigned female at birth * Living with HIV * Report no sexual activity in the past six months and no anticipated sexual activity in the next six months * Unable or unwilling to provide informed consent
Interventions
- BehavioralInteractive Digital PrEP Toolkit
Evaluation of an Interactive Digital PrEP Toolkit for women in AL and MS
Locations (4)
- University of Alabama at BirminghamBirmingham, Alabama
- Five Horizons Health ServicesMontgomery, Alabama
- Five Horizons Health ServicesTuscaloosa, Alabama
- Five Horizons Health ServicesStarkville, Mississippi