The research objectives of this study are to first, develop a culturally informed community-based intervention with guidance from community members (via focus groups and theater testing) to reduce the effect of chronic stigma exposure on psychological distress symptoms (PTS and depressive symptoms) among transgender women. Second, the research team will conduct a proof-of-concept trial to determine the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of the resulting intervention.
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Intervention Retention Rate
Timeframe: Throughout the intervention (up to 12 weeks)
Average time delay from screening to enrollment and average time to enroll enough participants to form cohorts
Timeframe: From screening to Baseline
Overall attendance/adherence
Timeframe: 2 weeks post-intervention
Changes in the intervention fidelity
Timeframe: Throughout the intervention (up to 12 weeks)
Changes in the proportion of acceptability
Timeframe: Baseline, Mid-intervention (3-6 weeks from baseline assessment), 2 weeks post intervention, 3 months post-intervention
Changes in the Intervention acceptability
Timeframe: Throughout the intervention (up to 2 weeks post-intervention)
Accessibility of the intervention
Timeframe: Throughout the intervention (up to 2 weeks post-intervention)