Vital Voices: HIV Prevention and Care Interventions Developed for Disproportionately Affected Communities by Historicall
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Vital Voices: HIV Prevention and Care Interventions Developed for Disproportionately Affected Communities by Historically Underrepresented, Early-Career Scientists Madeline Y. Sutton 1 & Omar Martinez 2 & Bridgette M. Brawner 3 & Guillermo Prado 4 & Andres Camacho-Gonzalez 5 & Yannine Estrada 4 & Pamela Payne-Foster 6 & Carlos E. Rodriguez-Diaz 7,8 & Sophia A. Hussen 9 & Yzette Lanier 10 & Jacob J. van den Berg 11 & Souhail M. Malavé-Rivera 8 & DeMarc A. Hickson 12 & Errol L. Fields 13 Received: 18 June 2020 / Revised: 21 October 2020 / Accepted: 23 October 2020 # W. Montague Cobb-NMA Health Institute 2020
Abstract Background HIV prevention interventions which support engagement in care and increased awareness of biomedical options, including preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP), are highly desired for disproportionately affected Black/African American, Hispanic/Latinx and gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) populations in the United States (US). However, in almost 40 years of HIV research, few interventions have been developed directly by and for these priority populations in domestic counties most at risk. We submit that interventions developed by early-career scientists who identify with and work directly with affected subgroups, and which include social and structural determinants of health, are vital as culturally tailored HIV prevention and care tools. Methods We reviewed and summarized interventions developed from 2007 to 2020 by historically underrepresented early-career HIV prevention scientists in a federally funded research mentoring program. We mapped these interventions to determine which were in jurisdictions deemed as high priority (based on HIV burden) by national prevention strategies. Results We summarized 11 HIV interventions; 10 (91%) of the 11 interventions are in geographic areas where HIV disparities are most concentrated and where new HIV prevention and care activities are focused. Each intervention addresses critical social and structural determinants of health disparities, and successfully reaches priority populations.
* Madeline Y. Sutton [email protected] 1
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Drive, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA
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School of Social Work, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Department of Family and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
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Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Tuscaloosa Campus, Institute for Rural Health Research, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA
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Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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Medical Sciences Campus, School of Public Health, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, USA
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Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York University, NYC, NY, USA
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