Dasgupta Lab

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NIH R01 · 2024

An effectiveness trial of WINGS+PrEP: a syndemic mHealth intervention to increase PrEP uptake among women impacted by heavy alcohol use and partner violence in the criminal legal system

PROJECT SUMMARY The proposed hybrid type 1 Effectiveness and Implementation randomized controlled trial (RCT) will evaluate an m-Health syndemic intervention (WINGS+PrEP) that aims to increase HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) initiation and adherence among women in community supervision programs (CSPs) including probation, parole and alternative-to-incarceration (ATI) programs) in New York City (NYC) who report hazardous drinking. To date, very few PrEP interventions, have focused on cis-gender women, and none have targeted the large population of women in CSPs, who due to racialized drug laws, are disproportionately Black and Latinx. Advancing an effective PrEP intervention for women in…

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