MOSAIC is heading to Munich, Germany, for the International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2024). We invite conference attendees to join us for the following sessions.
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Category: Meaningful Youth Engagement
ADAPTING EMPATHWAYS TO ADDRESS THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITY YOUNG PEOPLE
Gender-diverse adolescents and young people face barriers to accessing and taking HIV preventive medication. MOSAIC has adapted the original, family planning-focused Breakthrough ACTION Empathways card deck to help build provider empathy for LGBTQIA+ and sexual and gender minority PrEP clients of all ages.
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CROI 2024: REFLECTIONS OF A NEXTGEN COMMUNITY EDUCATOR
I attended CROI 2024 in Denver, Colorado, earlier this month after being awarded a community educator scholarship by the conference. What an amazing experience! I am still digesting all the science and innovation that was presented, but four themes stood out to me. In this post, I share my key takeaways through the lens of a community educator and member of the MOSAIC NextGen Squad.
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THE YOUTH MOVEMENT: HOW THE MOSAIC NEXTGEN SQUAD IS TRANSFORMING THE WAYS WE WORK
During the first two years of MOSAIC, engaging in intentional, principled partnerships with young people has transformed our typical way of working, changing hearts and minds and improving project processes and outcomes.
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BUILDING A BRAND FOR PrEP: POSITIONING PrEP IN THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE
With choice of PrEP products on the horizon – including oral PrEP, the PrEP ring, and CAB PrEP – PrEP marketing and demand generation must evolve with the availability of new PrEP products. Young people, in particular, need PrEP demand generation campaigns tailored to their needs and aspirations.
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BEYOND ENGAGEMENT: BRINGING THE POWER OF YOUNG PEOPLE TO PrEP RESEARCH AND PROGRAMS
Expanding access to and uptake of PrEP products among young people, especially adolescent girls and young women, will be key to ending the HIV epidemic. But how do we ensure HIV prevention efforts resonate with and are effective for young millennials and Gen Z? What does meaningful youth engagement in PrEP delivery really mean?
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YOUTH-POWERED: THREE WAYS THE CATALYST STUDY ENGAGES YOUNG WOMEN TO UNDERSTAND PrEP CHOICE
What sets CATALYST apart is the study’s emphasis on meaningful involvement of young people at every stage of the research to understand end-user perspectives and help tailor the study to meet their needs. This makes us hopeful because the inclusion of young people in the CATALYST journey has not been tokenistic; rather our contributions have been reflected in the whole process so far. In this post, we describe three ways youth have been engaged in CATALYST.
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