The federal Project Grant award R01MH136955, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), is supporting the development and national testing of "IN THIS TOGETHER" (ITG), a text messaging-based HIV prevention program for 18-22 year-olds across Uganda. The $1,888,033 grant, awarded on June 12, 2024, aims to harness the potential of text messaging to deliver evidence-based HIV prevention information to this critical age group. The grant recipient, the Center for Innovative Public Health Research, a non-profit research organization, previously pilot tested ITG under a smaller R34 grant, finding promising results including higher rates of condom-protected sex. This larger R01 project will enable the researchers to conduct a more comprehensive national evaluation of the technology-delivered HIV prevention program for young Ugandan adults.
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