A Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Adherence Intervention (LifeSteps) for Young Men Who Have Sex With Men: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Katie B Biello   ^{1, 2, 3, 4} , PhD, MPH ;   Christina Psaros   ^{5, 6} , PhD ;   Douglas S Krakower   ^{7, 8} , MD ;   Elliot Marrow   ³ , BA ;   Steven A Safren   ⁹ , PhD ;   Matthew J Mimiaga   ^{1, 2, 3} , ScD, MPH ;   Lisa Hightow-Weidman   ¹⁰ , MD, MPH ;   Patrick Sullivan   ¹¹ , DVM, PhD ;   Kenneth H Mayer   ^{3, 8, 12} , MD

¹ Center for Health Equity Research, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, United States

² Department of Behavioral & Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, United States

³ The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, MA, United States

⁴ Department of Epidemiology, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, United States

⁵ Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States

⁶ Department of Psychology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

⁷ Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

⁸ Division of Infectious Diseases, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States

⁹ Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, United States

¹⁰ Behavior and Technology Lab, Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

¹¹ Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States

¹² Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States