# Using Implementation Science to Increase PrEP Uptake among African American Women in the South - HIV/AIDS Supplement

> **NIH NIH K01** · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $134,335

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
This proposal is in response to: “Administrative Supplements to NIMHD Awards for Research on HIV/AIDS in
Populations that Experience Health Disparities (NOT-MD-21-020).” The parent K01 award seeks to develop,
test, and evaluate a PrEP Implementation Toolkit for staff in community healthcare clinics in the U.S. South to
enhance PrEP access to African American women in the U.S. South. PrEP access for African American women
in the U.S. may be disrupted by public health emergencies and sociostructural inequities influencing women’s
healthcare experiences and overall wellbeing. This administrative supplement proposes an explanatory
sequential mixed-methods design to assess the impact of a clinic-based intervention on PrEP uptake among
African American women. Phase I: repeated cross-sectional surveys at baseline, 2- and 4-months (N=300) to
assess the intervention’s impact on patient-level PrEP uptake (Aim 1). Phase II includes individual interviews to
explicate survey findings (Aim 2). Integrating Social Cognitive theory, Social Stress theory and intersectionality,
our proposed mixed-methods study will provide vital evidence of the intervention’s impact on patient-level
outcomes within the context of national public health emergencies and sociostructural inequities. Findings from
this proposed administrative supplement will strengthen the evidence of the clinical intervention’s impact to
enhance PrEP uptake at both the clinic-level and among African American women patients.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10449590
- **Project number:** 3K01MD015005-02S1
- **Recipient organization:** JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Tiara C. Willie
- **Activity code:** K01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $134,335
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2020-06-22 → 2023-01-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10449590

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10449590, Using Implementation Science to Increase PrEP Uptake among African American Women in the South - HIV/AIDS Supplement (3K01MD015005-02S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10449590. Licensed CC0.

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