Making the Link: A pilot health navigation intervention to improve timely linkage to care for men who have sex with men and transgender women recently diagnosed with HIV in Guatemala City

摘要

Introduction:Men who have sex with men and transgender women across the globe experience barriers to timely linkage-to-HIV care. Health navigation is a strengths-based approach, originally developed for cancer patients, to address these barriers and provide support. We piloted a health navigation strategy to improve timely linkage-to-care among men who have sex with men and transgender women recently diagnosed with HIV in three sexual health clinics in Guatemala City.