Improving HIV Outcomes Among African American Transgender Women

This tailored, multifaceted mobile intervention aims to improve HIV-related outcomes and increase gender affirmation among African American transgender women. Potential users will opt-in by texting from their own mobile phone and, once registered, will be enrolled into a program that will be theory-based, targeted, tailored, and personalized. Users will receive three main types of texts: informational, motivational, and skill-building. Finally, the program will include three web-based video components: scripted vignettes, unscripted peer narratives, and educational instruction. By developing an intervention using a technology that is part of the everyday lives of most African Americans, the aim is to reduce HIV disparities. The proposed intervention can be used by clinics and community-based organizations that serve transgender women.

A playlist of CDC-developed videos designed to provide information on HIV for transgender women