HIV Prevention and Sexual Health Conversations Among Women in Ending the HIV Epidemic Priority Communities: A Qualitative Exploration of Experiences and Preferences.

Despite significant advances in HIV prevention, women comprise ~ 20% of new HIV infections in the USA. New infections occur primarily in the South and among Black women, with research demonstrating that insufficient knowledge, inaccurate risk assessment, and HIV stigma impair HIV prevention. Understanding how cisgender women wish to communicate about sexual health and HIV prevention is vital to facilitating conversations about, and subsequent uptake of prevention methods.

Correction: Applying an Evidence-Based Community Organizing Approach to Strengthen HIV Prevention for Cisgender Women in US South: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.2196/56293.].

Applying an Evidence-Based Community Organizing Approach to Strengthen HIV Prevention for Cisgender Women in US South: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study.

Background: Most new HIV diagnoses among cisgender women in the United States occur in the South. HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a cornerstone of the federal Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) initiative, remains underused by cisgender women who may benefit. Awareness and access to PrEP remain low among cisgender women.