Adaptation of a Theory-Based Mobile App to Improve Access to HIV Prevention Services for Transgender Women in Malaysia: Focus Group Study
The results reveal that multifaceted barriers hinder PrEP uptake and use among transgender women in Malaysia. The findings also provide detailed recommendations for successfully adapting the HealthMindr app to the context of Malaysian transgender women, with a potential solution for delivering tailored HIV prevention, including PrEP, and increasing accessibility to gender-affirming care services.
Authors
- Jeffrey A. Wickersham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7701-9162)
- H LIM (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5777-8285)
- Roman Shrestha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4340-3101)
- Kamal Gautam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7121-7421)
- Nittaya Phanuphak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0036-3165)
- Iskandar Azwa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1977-6709)
- Ryan Sutherland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3821-2549)
- Arjee Restar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2992-8198)
- S. Nombuso Dlamini
- Kiran Paudel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5590-4133)
- Rumana Saifi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9114-4728)
- YuHang Toh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1127-5821)
- Belle Razali
Institutions
- University of Connecticut (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Yale University (US)
- University of Malaya (MY)
- HIV Netherlands Australia Thailand Research Collaboration (TH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JMIR Formative Research
- Published
- 2024-08-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/56250
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.56
Funders
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases