Develop a peer-educator/navigation intervention to help decrease stigma and discrimination and foster knowledge around PrEP use, in the prevention of HIV

This intervention targets African American college students aged 18-26 using a tailored, community participatory approach. It is delivered by trained peer educators and focuses on increasing PrEP awareness, access, and uptake through interactive, behaviorally focused sessions. Developed with input from focus groups to ensure relevance, the program includes a 6-month follow-up to assess sustained impact, distinguishing it from general PrEP education efforts.

The Primary endpoint will be increased awareness, acceptability and access of PrEP by measuring pre-post surveys after peer-educator/navigator educational intervention.

The secondary endpoint will be measuring clinic data assessing the proportion of college students who initiated PrEP post educational intervention over a 12 months period.