The following stigma-related interventions were conducted in this state.
The Positive Peers mobile application is an intervention that provides a supportive virtual community for young people living with HIV to counteract perceived stigma and better manage their illness. It offers health management tools, communication functions, and access to HIV-related information, aiming to reduce internalized stigma and improve users' experiences.
The weCare intervention study is a social media intervention designed to increase HIV care engagement among young gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) and transgender women living with HIV. It uses social media platforms to provide targeted messaging to improve care engagement and viral suppression among those newly diagnosed, not linked to care, out of care, or not virally suppressed.
Have you ever felt that the police refused to protect you because you have sex with men?
Have you ever felt scared to be in public places because you have sex with men?
Have you ever been verbally harassed and felt it was because you have sex with men?
Has someone ever physically hurt you (pushed, shoved, slapped, hit, kicked, choked or otherwise physically hurt you), and do you believe any of these experiences of physical violence was/were related to the fact that you have sex with men?
Have you ever been forced to have sex when you did not want to (by forced, we mean physically forced or coerced to have sex, or penetrated with an object), and do you believe any of these experiences of sexual violence were related to the fact that you have sex with men?
Have you ever felt excluded from family activities because you have sex with men?
Have you ever felt that family members have made discriminatory remarks or gossiped about you because you have sex with men?
Have you ever felt afraid to go to health care services because you worry someone may treat you poorly because you have sex with men?
Have you ever avoided going to health care services because you worry someone may treat you poorly because you have sex with men?
Have you ever felt that the police refused to protect you because you have sex with men?
Have you ever felt scared to be in public places because you have sex with men?
Have you ever been verbally harassed and felt it was because you have sex with men?
Has someone ever physically hurt you (pushed, shoved, slapped, hit, kicked, choked or otherwise physically hurt you), and do you believe any of these experiences of physical violence was/were related to the fact that you have sex with men?
Have you ever been forced to have sex when you did not want to (by forced, we mean physically forced or coerced to have sex, or penetrated with an object), and do you believe any of these experiences of sexual violence were related to the fact that you have sex with men?
Have you ever felt excluded from family activities because you have sex with men?
Have you ever felt that family members have made discriminatory remarks or gossiped about you because you have sex with men?
Have you ever felt afraid to go to health care services because you worry someone may treat you poorly because you have sex with men?
Have you ever avoided going to health care services because you worry someone may treat you poorly because you have sex with men?