Developing efficient intervention technologies to reduce stigma related stress, mental health problems, and HIV risk among young Chinese MSM
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Funding Fogarty Program
Stigma HIV/AIDS
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Developing efficient intervention technologies to reduce stigma related stress, mental health problems, and HIV risk among young Chinese MSM
Principal Institution
Yale University
Principal Investigator(s) (PI)
Pachankis, John Edward; Li, Xianhong
Project Contact Information
Email: john.pachankis@yale.edu
Year(s) Awarded
2020-2023
Country
China
NIH Partners
NIMH
Project Description
Young gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (YMSM) are at rapidly increasing risk of HIV infection in China, largely due to stigma and associated minority stressors and barriers to mental and sexual health. This program of research has set the stage for now preliminarily testing the efficacy of the first minority stress-mental health intervention for YMSM in Asia with high potential to reduce YMSM’s behavioral HIV risk. Delivering this intervention using a mobile platform requiring few provider resources ensures high reach and scalability, paving the way for future dissemination across China and other high-stigma low/middle-income countries severely affected by HIV.
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