RCT Black Women and PrEP

The aim of this study is to test the effectiveness of the Using PrEP, Doing it for Ourselves (UPDOs) intervention is to improve pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake for Black women using the Motivational PrEP Cascade framework within a community engaged cluster-randomized controlled trial of intervention and control salon clusters. It is expected that compared to control, women in the UPDOs intervention will have higher PrEP uptake. Additionally, this study aims to examine the barriers and facilitators underlining PrEP decision-making among a subsample of Black women in both intervention and control groups using quantitative surveys and qualitative individual interviews. Lastly, the study aims to understand the facilitators influencing implementation of UPDOs for future scalability using quantitative surveys and qualitative interviews grounded in the CFIR (Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research) framework.