2024
Qualitative description of interpersonal HIV stigma and motivations for HIV testing among gays, bisexuals, and men who have sex with men in Ghana’s slums—BSGH-005
Abu-Ba’are G, Shamrock O, Zigah E, Ogunbajo A, Dakpui H, Agbemedu G, Boyd D, Ezechi O, Nelson L, Torpey K. Qualitative description of interpersonal HIV stigma and motivations for HIV testing among gays, bisexuals, and men who have sex with men in Ghana’s slums—BSGH-005. PLOS ONE 2024, 19: e0289905. PMID: 38837972, PMCID: PMC11152275, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0289905.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV testingHIV stigmaHIV testing servicesLevel of stigmaFace-to-face interviewsHIV education interventionsHIV knowledge levelsSummative content analysisGBMSM livingEducational interventionHIV preventionHealthcare servicesHIV prevalenceCommunity partnersHIV responseTesting servicesHIV statusHIV vulnerabilityGBMSMSexual healthStigmaKnowledge levelContent analysisHIVSlums
2022
Client-Centered Care Coordination (C4™) for HIV/STI Prevention: a Theoretical, Conceptual, and Methodological Overview—HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) 073
Nelson L, Wilton L, Whitfield D, Williams G, Mayer K, Komárek A, Boyd D, Beauchamp G, Fields S, Wheeler D. Client-Centered Care Coordination (C4™) for HIV/STI Prevention: a Theoretical, Conceptual, and Methodological Overview—HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) 073. Sexuality Research And Social Policy 2022, 19: 1365-1382. PMID: 39301523, PMCID: PMC11412310, DOI: 10.1007/s13178-022-00687-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBlack MSMPrEP useHIV/STI preventionCare coordination encountersUse of PrEPPrevention of HIVPrevention demonstration projectTwelve-month retentionMulti-component interventionHealth policy effortsEvidence-based strategiesPrEP adherencePrEP formulationsOral regimensPrEP servicesAdherence goalsSTI preventionPrEP usersPublic health policy effortsCare coordinationStudy visitRisk counselingSexual healthProgram retentionMSM