Reducing HIV Stigma to Increase HIV Testing among Adolescents and Young Adults in Kazakhstan Using a Crowdsourcing Approach
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Funding Fogarty Program
Stigma HIV/AIDS
Project Information in NIH RePORTER
Reducing HIV Stigma to Increase HIV Testing among Adolescents and Young Adults in Kazakhstan Using a Crowdsourcing Approach
Principal Institution
Columbia University New York Morningside
Principal Investigator(s) (PI)
Davis, Alissa; Mergenova, Gaukhar
Project Contact Information
Email:
ad3324@columbia.edu
Year(s) Awarded
2021–2023
Country
Kazakhstan
NIH Partners
NICHD
Project Description
This project will assess whether a digital, crowd-sourced intervention can reduce HIV stigma and promote HIV self-testing among adolescents and young adults (AYA). NIH has emphasized the need for research on interventions to reduce HIV-associated stigma and its impact on the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
The study uses a community-based participatory approach to engage local AYA to develop a digital, crowd-sourced HIV stigma reduction and self-testing intervention to reduce HIV stigma and increase HIV testing; and addresses two areas highlighted in the December 2019 notice on research priorities from the NIH Office of AIDS Research (NOT-OD-20-018), namely, research that examines health and social issues, such as stigma, in populations or settings with high HIV prevalence or incidence, and developing effective sociobehavioral interventions to achieve uptake of HIV prevention and treatment strategies and reduce health disparities.
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