Project Grant R21AI183907

Award Date 6/10/24
Completion Date 4/30/26
Dollars Obligated $494K
Federal Grant Program
93.855
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
Seattle, WA 98195, USA

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), under the Allergy and Infectious Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.855), provides $493,634 to the University of Washington. The funding aims to conduct qualitative and quantitative research to examine the preferences and acceptability of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among transgender women in the Philippines. Specifically, the grant will:

  1. Conduct in-depth interviews with 30 transgender women and 15 key informants to explore preferred attributes and features of PrEP programs.

  2. Use a full-profile choice-based conjoint study design with 300 transgender women in the Philippines to quantify their preferences for optimal PrEP program attributes and identify socio-ecological factors influencing PrEP uptake.

The findings will inform the development of a future behavioral economic-based intervention to support PrEP engagement among transgender women and reduce HIV incidence in the Philippines.

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