Adaptation of a Theory-Based Mobile App to Improve Access to HIV Prevention Services for Transgender Women in Malaysia: Focus Group Study.
Kamal GautamRoman ShresthaSihlelelwe DlaminiBelle RazaliAshok BhurtyalIskandar AzwaRumana SaifiYuHang TohHazriq Justin LimRyan SutherlandArjee Javellana RestarPraphan PhanuphakJeffrey A WickershamPublished in: JMIR formative research (2024)
The results reveal that multifaceted barriers hinder PrEP uptake and use among transgender women in Malaysia. The findings also provide detailed recommendations for successfully adapting the HealthMindr app to the context of Malaysian transgender women, with a potential solution for delivering tailored HIV prevention, including PrEP, and increasing accessibility to gender-affirming care services.
Keyphrases
- hiv testing
- men who have sex with men
- healthcare
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- mental health
- primary care
- pregnancy outcomes
- affordable care act
- palliative care
- cervical cancer screening
- breast cancer risk
- clinical practice
- quality improvement
- single cell
- pregnant women
- metabolic syndrome
- insulin resistance
- dna methylation
- gene expression
- type diabetes
- adipose tissue
- solid state