This $197,035 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants (CFDA 93.242) program, supports a 5-year study to design and evaluate a community-based intervention to engage men who use alcohol and substances in HIV prevention services in rural South Africa. The key products/services to be delivered include: 1) Qualitative exploration of the lived experiences, perceptions, and preferences for HIV prevention and health services among...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) provides $180,946 to develop and evaluate a stepped implementation approach for delivering problem-solving therapy to people living with HIV in South Africa. The key products and services to be delivered include: Determining stakeholder preferences for implementing problem-solving therapy through qualitative research with people living with HIV and HIV/mental...
This federal Project Grant award of $780,447 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) will fund the SUSTAIN 2 study to evaluate the effectiveness of a differentiated service delivery (DSD) model called CARES-DSD in improving viral suppression among people living with HIV who have experienced gaps in care in South Africa. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: A hybrid Type 1 clinical trial...
This federal Project Grant award of $1,935,300.00 from the National Institute of Mental Health (CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants) will fund a site-randomized trial of a novel social network recruitment intervention called E-SNRHT in South Africa. The goal is to locate more undiagnosed HIV-positive cases, increase HIV testing among men, and reduce HIV-related stigma. The University of Illinois is the prime awardee and will collaborate with sub-awardees the Human Sciences Research...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), aims to adapt and evaluate the effectiveness of the Comprehensive Adherence Resource and Empowerment Support (CARES) intervention to increase pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) continuation and adherence among adolescent girls and young women in South Africa and Zimbabwe. The total funding amount is $710,187, with an award date of September 11, 2024 and an...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), supports a mixed methods study to explore how a person-centered care model can improve HIV testing engagement among transgender and gender diverse (TGD) populations in India. The $146,922 award to The Johns Hopkins University will fund a three-part study to 1) identify profiles of HIV testing non-engagement among TGD individuals, 2) qualitatively...
This $198,531 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) aims to develop and pilot test an integrated intervention that addresses mental health and HIV medication adherence among men who have sex with men (MSM) in South Africa. The proposed "WECARE" intervention will be based on principles of problem-solving therapy, minority stress theory, and a status-neutral approach to target both mental...
This Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health Fogarty International Center (CFDA 93.989, International Research and Research Training) provides $173,197 to Brown University to develop and pilot test a mobile health (mHealth) intervention program to engage Chinese transgender women in HIV prevention services. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: Conducting formative qualitative interviews with Chinese transgender women and stakeholders to...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a Project Grant (CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants) totaling $707,796 to the Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to build on the success of the "Malkia Klabu" (MK) loyalty program and evaluate strategies for scaling the program's HIV prevention services for adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in sub-Saharan Africa. The key products and services to be delivered under this grant include: 1)...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), provides $832,598 to the University of California, Santa Barbara to design a gender-affirming training intervention for lay health workers to promote mental health care access for racially diverse transgender youth. The key objectives are to: (1) co-design the training intervention with community partners (transgender youth, their parents, and lay health...
This federal Project Grant award of $845,304 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) will fund formative work to develop an intervention supporting combined HIV and syphilis self-testing and linkage to prevention and treatment services for transgender women in South Africa.
The key products and services to be delivered under this 2-year award include:
Conducting in-depth interviews with 15 transgender women and 15 healthcare workers to understand needs and preferences around self-test access, use, and linkage to care
Surveying 80 transgender women to identify preferred intervention strategies
Drafting an intervention using the COM-B framework and engaging a workgroup to further develop and refine it
A sub-award of the grant will go to Wits Health Consortium in South Africa to provide technical expertise and support for the project activities. The goal is to address critical gaps in knowledge to inform the development of a tailored self-testing and linkage intervention for this high-risk population in South Africa.