Dang Lab

Baylor College of Medicine

INTERNAL MEDICINE/MEDICINE

Houston · United States

NIH-funded
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NIH R01 · 2024

Engaging communities to develop and evaluate communication strategies for HIV vaccine and prevention uptake among Black women in the Southern US

Project Summary This proposal addresses NIMH’s call for HIV vaccine preparedness and “HIV vaccine-related” communication research (Notice of Special Interest NOT-MH-21-105). Though vaccines may be years away, the NOSI recognizes that the time to conduct rigorous HIV vaccine communication research is now – to advance the basic science of effective HIV vaccine messaging and get ahead of misinformation. HIV disproportionately impacts young Black women living in the Southern US. Black women make up 13% of the female population in the US, yet make up 54% of new HIV infections among women in the US. These disparities are most extreme in the South, where black women account for 72% of new HIV…

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