The Gender Spectrum CollectionTwo recent Californian studies show that PrEP from trans-affirming clinics combined with community outreach significantly improved PrEP uptake in trans communities. A multitude of strategies were employed including peer health education, community events and flexible out-of-hours clinics. Both studies encouraged participation and leadership from trans communities to improve knowledge about PrEP. One of the studies compared PrEP uptake at trans-affirming clinics that also provided hormones with a trans-affirming clinic that only provided PrEP and found that trans people at higher risk of HIV were more likely to access the PrEP-only clinic. The two studies were published in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and provide promise for improving the low numbers of trans people receiving PrEP.
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