TY - JOUR
T1 - Longitudinal cohort of HIV-negative transgender women of colour in New York City
T2 - Protocol for the TURNNT ('Trying to Understand Relationships, Networks and Neighbourhoods among Transgender women of colour') study
AU - Callander, Denton
AU - Schneider, John A.
AU - Radix, Asa
AU - Chaix, Basile
AU - Scheinmann, Roberta
AU - Love, Gia
AU - Smith, Jordyn
AU - Regan, Seann D.
AU - Kawachi, Ichiro
AU - St James, Kiara
AU - Ransome, Yusuf
AU - Herrera, Cristina
AU - Reisner, Sari L.
AU - Doroshow, Ceyenne
AU - Poteat, Tonia
AU - Watson, Kim
AU - Bluebond-Langner, Rachel
AU - Toussaint, Nala
AU - Garofalo, Robert
AU - Sevelius, Jae
AU - Duncan, Dustin T.
N1 - Funding Information:
The Trying to Understand Relationships, Networks and Neighbourhoods among Transgender women of colour (TURNNT) study is funded through two grants from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (Grant Numbers: R01MD013554-02 and R01MD013554-02S1; Principal Investigator: Dustin T. Duncan, ScD). Dr Basile Chaix was supported by Inserm and by the European Research Council.
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PY - 2020/4/1
Y1 - 2020/4/1
N2 - Introduction In the USA, transgender women are among the most vulnerable to HIV. In particular, transgender women of colour face high rates of infection and low uptake of important HIV prevention tools, including pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). This paper describes the design, sampling methods, data collection and analyses of the TURNNT ('Trying to Understand Relationships, Networks and Neighbourhoods among Transgender women of colour') study. In collaboration with communities of transgender women of colour, TURNNT aims to explore the complex social and environmental (ie, neighbourhood) structures that affect HIV prevention and other aspects of health in order to identify avenues for intervention. Methods and analyses TURNNT is a prospective cohort study, which will recruit 300 transgender women of colour (150 Black/African American, 100 Latina and 50 Asian/Pacific Islander participants) in New York City. There will be three waves of data collection separated by 6 months. At each wave, participants will provide information on their relationships, social and sexual networks, and neighbourhoods. Global position system technology will be used to generate individual daily path areas in order to estimate neighbourhood-level exposures. Multivariate analyses will be conducted to assess cross-sectional and longitudinal, independent and synergistic associations of personal relationships (notably individual social capital), social and sexual networks, and neighbourhood factors (notably neighbourhood-level social cohesion) with PrEP uptake and discontinuation. Ethics and dissemination The TURNNT protocol was approved by the Columbia University Institutional Review Board (reference no. AAAS8164). This study will provide novel insights into the relationship, network and neighbourhood factors that influence HIV prevention behaviours among transgender women of colour and facilitate exploration of this population's health and well-being more broadly. Through community-based dissemination events and consultation with policy makers, this foundational work will be used to guide the development and implementation of future interventions with and for transgender women of colour.
AB - Introduction In the USA, transgender women are among the most vulnerable to HIV. In particular, transgender women of colour face high rates of infection and low uptake of important HIV prevention tools, including pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). This paper describes the design, sampling methods, data collection and analyses of the TURNNT ('Trying to Understand Relationships, Networks and Neighbourhoods among Transgender women of colour') study. In collaboration with communities of transgender women of colour, TURNNT aims to explore the complex social and environmental (ie, neighbourhood) structures that affect HIV prevention and other aspects of health in order to identify avenues for intervention. Methods and analyses TURNNT is a prospective cohort study, which will recruit 300 transgender women of colour (150 Black/African American, 100 Latina and 50 Asian/Pacific Islander participants) in New York City. There will be three waves of data collection separated by 6 months. At each wave, participants will provide information on their relationships, social and sexual networks, and neighbourhoods. Global position system technology will be used to generate individual daily path areas in order to estimate neighbourhood-level exposures. Multivariate analyses will be conducted to assess cross-sectional and longitudinal, independent and synergistic associations of personal relationships (notably individual social capital), social and sexual networks, and neighbourhood factors (notably neighbourhood-level social cohesion) with PrEP uptake and discontinuation. Ethics and dissemination The TURNNT protocol was approved by the Columbia University Institutional Review Board (reference no. AAAS8164). This study will provide novel insights into the relationship, network and neighbourhood factors that influence HIV prevention behaviours among transgender women of colour and facilitate exploration of this population's health and well-being more broadly. Through community-based dissemination events and consultation with policy makers, this foundational work will be used to guide the development and implementation of future interventions with and for transgender women of colour.
KW - HIV & AIDS
KW - epidemiology
KW - sexual medicine
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U2 - 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032876
DO - 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032876
M3 - Article
C2 - 32241785
AN - SCOPUS:85082892274
SN - 2044-6055
VL - 10
JO - BMJ open
JF - BMJ open
IS - 4
M1 - e032876
ER -