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(BPRW) Melonie Walcott Awarded .4M to Improve HIV Prevention for Black Cisgender Women in New York | Press releases

(BPRW) Melonie Walcott Awarded $1.4M to Improve HIV Prevention for Black Cisgender Women in New York | Press releases

Walcott’s team will develop and test a culturally relevant behavioral intervention, consisting of several educational modules, to encourage uptake of PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis), a medication proven to be highly effective at preventing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) when taken as prescribed. “Black women are disproportionately affected by the HIV epidemic, yet they are significantly less likely […]

(BPRW) Melonie Walcott Awarded .4M to Improve HIV Prevention for Black Cisgender Women in New York | Press releases

(BPRW) Melonie Walcott Awarded $1.4M to Improve HIV Prevention for Black Cisgender Women in New York | Press releases

Walcott’s team will develop and test a culturally relevant behavioral intervention, consisting of several educational modules, to encourage uptake of PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis), a medication proven to be highly effective at preventing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) when taken as prescribed. “Black women are disproportionately affected by the HIV epidemic, yet they are significantly less likely […]