Theoretically Informed Behavioral Intervention to Enhance QOL and Prevent HIV-related Comorbidities in Ethnic and Racial Sexual Minority Men
Funded by: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Project dates: September 2024 - March 2029
Principal Investigator: Ramos, S. Raquel (contact PI)Project dates: September 2024 - March 2029
Principal Investigator: Kershaw TS
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Black and Latinx gay and bisexual men are at highest risk of comorbid conditions resulting from HIV. Cardiovascular disease has become the leading contributor to mortality among persons with HIV, as both conditions are often co-morbid.
The LEARN Study is a pilot waitlist control trial to test a virtual environment as prevention education in Black and Latinx sexual minority men with HIV. The current study LEARN2 is a follow-up to what was found in the initial study.
Study objectives are to:
- Utilize formative research to modify the intervention from the LEARN Study to address the social determinants of health that impact prevention of shared clinical risk factors for HIV-comorbidities;
- Determine the efficacy of LEARN2, as prevention education for HIV-comorbidities; and
- Conduct a process evaluation of LEARN2 on its feasibility and acceptability and determine which intervention components are most successful in initiating change.