Microeconomic Intervention to Reduce HIV Transmission in Economically Disadvantaged Transgender Women

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

4 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-07-20

Study Completion Date

2022-11-17

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this research study is to learn more about the economic situations, discrimination experiences, and risk behaviors of transgender women. The ultimate purpose of the study is to test an intervention to improve financial conditions and reduce HIV risk behaviors in transgender women.

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Detailed Description

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The study includes a microeconomic intervention which will provide education on a variety of economic and behavioral topics. Participants will complete questionnaires on multiple occasions during the study.

Conditions

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Hiv Transgenderism

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Microeconomic intervention

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Microeconomic Intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The intervention will consist of six sessions on six different days. Sessions will be held at VCU or at one of VCU's community partners. Each session will last for around 2 ½ hours (around 15 hours total). There will be breaks and food will be provided. During the sessions the facilitators will provide education on a variety of topics, including economic services that are available to people living in Richmond, job skills (such as creating a resume and dealing with discrimination at work), personal finance education, gender transition ideas, and HIV prevention. The sessions will occur in a group of about 4-10 transgender women.

Waitlisted control

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Microeconomic Intervention

The intervention will consist of six sessions on six different days. Sessions will be held at VCU or at one of VCU's community partners. Each session will last for around 2 ½ hours (around 15 hours total). There will be breaks and food will be provided. During the sessions the facilitators will provide education on a variety of topics, including economic services that are available to people living in Richmond, job skills (such as creating a resume and dealing with discrimination at work), personal finance education, gender transition ideas, and HIV prevention. The sessions will occur in a group of about 4-10 transgender women.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Transgender woman
* 18-45 years of age

At least one of the following economic vulnerability factors:

unemployment or underemployment \[less than 20 hours/week\], low income \[less than the Medicaid poverty threshold\], housing insecurity in the past year or food insecurity in the past year

• Behavioral vulnerability to HIV transmission (reported at least one episode of unprotected sex in prior 6 months or at least one other behavioral HIV transmission risk factor in the past 6 months: \[transactional sex, multiple sexual partners, 1-time sexual partner, sex under the influence of drugs or alcohol, sex with partner of unknown HIV status).