ResearchProjects

Chinese immigrant female sex workers (FSWs) are at significant risk for HIV but exhibit low HIV testing rates. Chinese immigrant FSWs face vulnerabilities that contribute to their low levels of HIV testing, but no interventions have explicitly targeted multi-level, intersectional stigma to increase HIV prevention behaviors among Chinese immigrant FSWs and the providers who serve them. The INSPIRE project (“Initiative for Chinese Sex workers to Promote wellbeing and Improve HIV prevention by Reducing intersEctional stigma” will conduct a feasibility study of a culturally relevant, multi-level HIV prevention and wellness intervention for Chinese immigrant FSWs working in Queens, New York City, designed to increase HIV testing.