HPTN 096

1) Health equity: This community-level intervention will use a replicable and scalable community coalition model to promote health equity for Black MSM through capacity-building for leadership and advocacy in achieving health equity, community mobilization and education to amplify other HPTN 096 study components, cross-sector cooperation and sensitization of local service providers to the needs of Black MSM, and facilitating linkage of Black MSM to those service providers. | 2) Social media influencers: In this community-level intervention, social media influencers (SMI) will provide tailored messaging prioritizing Black MSM in intervention communities on the topics of HIV testing promotion, PrEP awareness and promotion and the benefits of viral suppression messaging. | 3) Intersectional stigma reduction: This organizational-level intervention will take place in healthcare facilities and is designed to optimize the healthcare environment for Black MSM by addressing the intersectional experience of racism, sexual stigma, gender nonconformity stigma, and HIV-related stigma through training, collaborative quality improvement and technical assistance. | 4) Peer support: In this interpersonal-level intervention, Black MSM will be trained as HIV peer support workers to provide emotional and practical support to Black MSM. Once trained, they will have demonstrated competencies in HIV testing and diagnoses, PrEP uptake, ART adherence, intersectional stigma, local resources, the multi-cultural facets of the epidemic and the provision of emotional support.