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Although little research has been done specifically with young transgender women aged 35 years and younger, existing evidence suggests even further elevated rates of homelessness, substance use, and engagement in HIV transmission risk behaviors relative to their older transgender women and nontransgender young adult counterparts. Young transgender women living with HIV experience a range of barriers that challenge their ability to be successfully linked and retained in HIV care.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The aim of this randomized controlled trial, Text Me, Girl!, is to assess the impact of a 90-day, theory-based, transgender-specific, text-messaging intervention designed to improve HIV-related health outcomes along the HIV care continuum among young (aged 18-34 years) transgender women (N=130) living with HIV\/AIDS.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Participants were randomized into either Group A (immediate text message intervention delivery; n=61) or Group B (delayed text message intervention delivery whereby participants were delivered the text-messaging intervention after a 90-day delay period; n=69). Over the course of the 90-day intervention, participants received 270 theory-based text messages that were targeted, tailored, and personalized specifically for young transgender women living with HIV. Participants received 3 messages per day in real time within a 10-hour gradual and automated delivery system. The text-message content was scripted along the HIV care continuum and based on social support theory, social cognitive theory, and health belief model. The desired outcome of Text Me, Girl! was virological suppression.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Recruitment began on November 18, 2016, and the first participant was enrolled on December 16, 2016; enrollment closed on May 31, 2018. Intervention delivery ended on November 30, 2018, and follow-up evaluations will conclude on August 31, 2019. Primary outcome analyses will begin immediately following the conclusion of the follow-up evaluations.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Text messaging is a communication platform well suited for engaging young transgender women in HIV care because it is easily accessible and widely used, as well as private, portable, and inexpensive. Text Me, Girl! aimed to improve HIV care continuum outcomes among young transgender women by providing culturally responsive text messages to promote linkage, retention, and adherence, with the ultimate goal of achieving viral suppression. The Text Me, Girl! text message library is readily scalable and can be adapted for other hard-to-reach populations.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID)<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>DERR1-10.2196\/12837<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.2196\/12837","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,6,28]],"date-time":"2019-06-28T12:09:47Z","timestamp":1561723787000},"page":"e12837","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Text Messaging to Improve Linkage, Retention, and Health Outcomes Among HIV-Positive Young Transgender Women: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial (Text Me, Girl!)"],"prefix":"10.2196","volume":"8","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4375-7452","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Cathy J","family":"Reback","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4847-3961","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jesse B","family":"Fletcher","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0880-2660","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Anne E","family":"Fehrenbacher","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7787-7797","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kimberly","family":"Kisler","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1010","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,7,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2105\/AJPH.2011.300433"},{"key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/QAI.0b013e3181fbc9ec"},{"key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/15538605.2012.727743"},{"key":"ref4","unstructured":"GrantJMMottetLATanisJHarrisonJHermanJLKeislingMNational Center for Transgender Equality2011Injustice at Every Turn: A Report of the National Discrimination Survey \n          https:\/\/www.transequality.org\/sites\/default\/files\/docs\/resources\/NTDS_Report.pdf"},{"key":"ref5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1521\/aeap.2009.21.2.113"},{"key":"ref6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/13691058.2011.564301"},{"key":"ref7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s10461-007-9299-3"},{"key":"ref8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/19317611.2012.715120"},{"key":"ref9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/15532739.2010.514222"},{"key":"ref10","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2105\/AJPH.2007.132035"},{"key":"ref11","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1300\/J082v42n01_05"},{"key":"ref12","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s10461-005-9040-z"},{"key":"ref13","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/09540129850124028"},{"key":"ref14","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/15532739.2013.824846"},{"key":"ref15","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S1473-3099(12)70315-8"},{"key":"ref16","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/00333549081230S313"},{"key":"ref17","unstructured":"HustedCELos Angeles County Department of Public Health2016Los Angeles County Comprehensive HIV Plan (2017-2021) \n          http:\/\/publichealth.lacounty.gov\/dhsp\/Reports\/Publications\/LAC-Comprehensive-HIV-Plan2017-2021.pdf"},{"key":"ref18","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s10461-018-2165-7"},{"key":"ref19","unstructured":"KingAJUCHAPS2014Transgender HIV Prevention in Los Angeles County. 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