Gender-Affirmative Transgender Care to Improve the HIV Treatment Cascade

Summary

Public health strategies are urgently needed to improve HIV disparities among transgender women, highly burdened by the epidemic globally, including holistic approaches that address those health needs prioritized by the community. To address this urgent need, a three-phase implementation science study of an integrated HIV service delivery model that combined HIV prevention and treatment services with gender-affirming primary medical care for transgender women was implemented in Lima, Peru, supported by peer navigation to improve outcomes across the HIV continuum of care: regular HIV testing for HIV-uninfected participants and linkage to preventive services; and engagement in treatment resulting in viral suppression for HIV-infected participants.

Timeline

Start

2016-10-01

Primary completion

2018-03-31

Completion

2018-03-31

Publications

• Lama JR, Mayer KH, Perez-Brumer AG, Huerta L, Sanchez H, Clark JL, Sanchez J, Reisner SL. Integration of Gender-Affirming Primary Care and Peer Navigation With HIV Prevention and Treatment Services to Improve the Health of Transgender Women: Protocol for a Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2019 Jun 27;8(6):e14091. doi: 10.2196/14091.

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