Engaging Black men who have sex with men (MSM) in the South in identifying strategies to increase PrEP uptake

LC Pichon, M Teti, S McGoy, VMB Murry… - BMC Health Services …, 2022 - Springer
Background Promotion, uptake, and adherence of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is
paramount to ending the HIV epidemic among young Black men who have sex with men in …

“We Feel Like Everybody's Going to Judge us”: Black Adolescent Girls' and Young Women's Perspectives on Barriers to and Opportunities for Improving Sexual Health …

MC Pratt, S Jeffcoat, SV Hill, E Gill… - Journal of the …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Black adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) are disproportionately affected by HIV in
the southern US; however, PrEP prescriptions to Black AGYW remain scarce. We conducted …

HIV knowledge among African Americans living with HIV in the rural South: implications for improving HIV prevention and care outcomes

N Aduloju-Ajijola, IA Oyerinde, ZJ Gaul… - Journal of Racial and …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose This study examines the HIV knowledge of people living with HIV (PLWH) and its
implications for improved healthcare outcomes. Methods The study design was a descriptive …

Revitalizing HIV prevention programs: recommendations from those most impacted by HIV in the Deep South

MS Williams, T Poteat, M Bender… - American Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose: The incidence of new HIV infections is disproportionately high among Black men
who have sex with men (BMSM) in Mississippi. Community-based organizations received …

African American clergy recommendations to enhance the federal plan to end the HIV epidemic: a qualitative study

T Arnold, T Haynes, P Foster, S Parker, M Monger… - AIDS and Behavior, 2022 - Springer
African Americans in the southern United States continue to be disproportionately affected
by HIV. Although faith-based organizations (FBOs) play important roles in the social fabric of …

Barriers to engagement with testing for sexually transmitted infections within a UK-based young adult Black Caribbean community: a qualitative study

G Heath, K Kaur, C Farrow, JDC Ross, R Clarke - Sexual Health, 2024 - CSIRO Publishing
Background The Black Caribbean population have a disproportionately high burden of
sexually transmitted infections (STIs) compared with other ethnic groups. The aim of this …

Framing HIV and AIDS: how leaders of black religious institutions in New York City interpret and address sex and sexuality in their HIV interventions

H Teizazu, JS Hirsch, RG Parker… - Culture, health & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This study explored how leaders of Black churches active in the fight against HIV
conceptualised sex and sexuality when describing HIV interventions within their institutions …

An Engaged Community of Faith to Decrease HIV Stigma in the US South

LC Pichon, EN Jewell, A Williams Stubbs… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Community members from a city in the US Deep South identified root causes of HIV racial
disparities, including stigma. This meeting report describes how we developed and …

Identification and reporting of gender identity in HIV surveillance data in the Deep South

S Reif, E Wilson, H Cooper, G Hunter… - Sexuality Research and …, 2022 - Springer
Introduction Although studies have identified high prevalence of HIV among individuals who
are transgender, HIV surveillance data regarding gender identity is incomplete, resulting in …

[HTML][HTML] Knowledge and perceptions of religious leaders toward HIV prevention among young people in a resource-limited setting: A qualitative study

T Murungi, I Kunihira, P Oyella, M Mugerwa… - Research …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Currently, 410,000 new HIV infections among youth occur worldwide, which is
a significant public health issue. Members of the clergy can be trustworthy allies in the …