Sisters Informing Sisters about Topics on AIDS and Prevention (SISTA-P):
Adaptation of the SISTA intervention to include PrEP information and skills building for Black women who are risk for HIV
PI: Shawnika Hull
We will adapt Sisters Informing Sisters about Topics on AIDS (SISTA), a widely implemented gender- and culture specific HIV prevention EBI. SISTA is a 5-session cognitive-behavioral intervention to increase condom use through gender and ethnic pride, HIV education, condom negotiation and assertiveness skills training, sexual self-control, and condom use efficacy in the context of partner resistance. This 3-phase study aims to understand social-structural and contextual barriers to Black cigender women’s PrEP uptake (Aim 1), adapt SISTA to address overcoming these barriers (Aim 2), and determine the acceptability and feasibility of the adapted intervention, SISTA-P (Aim 3). This research is conducted in Washington, DC in collaboration with The Women’s Collective, a community-based organization that provides health and social services for women of color who are living with or at risk for HIV.