Reducing Hazardous Alcohol Use and Optimizing Treatment as Prevention Among Men Living With HIV in Risk Environments

The investigators developed the Kisoboka ("It is possible") Intervention to address limitations of existing evidence-based interventions to optimize treatment as prevention among men living with HIV who drink alcohol at hazardous levels in "risk environments" such as fishing communities through reductions in hazardous alcohol use, improved adherence to HIV medications and achieving undetectable HIV viral loads. Social and structural determinants unique to fishing communities interact to create a risk environment where hazardous drinking impedes adherence to HIV medications among men living with HIV, including prevalent social norms of drinking, drinking as a way of experiencing "reward" and connecting with others (e.g. in the context of transactional sex), stressful work conditions, a "live for today" outlook, and a cash-based economy with no traditional savings infrastructure leading to ease of daily expenditure on drinking and sex work. These social and environmental conditions result in high levels of alcohol misuse and HIV risk, poor HIV outcomes, and exacerbation of HIV-associated wellness comorbidities such as poor mental and subjective physical health and food insecurity. The goal of this study is to learn if the intervention called Kisoboka works to help men in fishing communities reduce hazardous alcohol use, be better able to take the participants HIV medication as prescribed, and have undetectable HIV viral loads. The investigators will compare the Kisoboka inter…

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