Friends helping friends: a novel social-network strategy to boost HIV prevention

This study tests whether training influential members of social networks to talk about PrEP can encourage more African-American men who have sex with men to use it. Half of the recruited networks will have their leaders trained to share accurate PrEP information and counter misconceptions, while the other half will receive standard brief HIV prevention counseling. The goal is to see if this peer-driven approach increases PrEP uptake and knowledge in underserved cities.