Mapping Community-Engaged Implementation Strategies with Transgender Scientists, Stakeholders, and Trans-Led Community Organizations.
Arjee Javellana RestarBrian J MinalgaMa Irene QuilantangTyler AdamsonEmerson DusicLeigh-Ann van der MerweGreg MilletDanvic RosadiñoTanya LaguingElle LettAvery EverhartGregory PhillipsRena JanamnuaysookPich SeekaewKellan BakerFlorence AshleyJeffrey WickershamStephaun E WallaceDon OperarioKristi E GamarelPublished in: Current HIV/AIDS reports (2023)
While most PrEP studies have progressed in addressing pertinent research questions about gender-affirming care and PrEP at the biomedical and clinical levels, research on how to best implement gender-affirming PrEP systems at the social, community, and structural levels remains outstanding. The science of community-engaged implementation to build gender-affirming PrEP systems must be more fully developed. Most published PrEP studies with trans people report on outcomes rather than processes, leaving out important lessons learned about how to design, integrate, and implement PrEP in tandem with gender-affirming care. The expertise of trans scientists, stakeholders, and trans-led community organizations is essential to building gender-affirming PrEP systems.