Acceptance-Based Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Intervention (ACTPrEP) to Engage Young Black Men Who Have Sex With Men in the Southern United States: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Trisha Arnold   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Kayla K Giorlando   ¹ , MS ;   Andrew P Barnett   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Brandon A Gaudiano   ² , PhD ;   Cara M Antonaccio   ² , PhD ;   A Rani Elwy   ^{2, 3} , PhD ;   Precious Patrick Edet   ⁴ , MD ;   Lori M Ward   ⁴ , PhD ;   Laura Whiteley   ² , MD ;   Sarah Bailey   ¹ , BA ;   Brooke G Rogers   ^{2, 5} , PhD ;   Avery Leigland   ¹ , BA ;   Jack C Rusley   ^{1, 2} , MD ;   Larry K Brown   ^{1, 2} , MD

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, United States

² Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, United States

³ Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research, VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, United States

⁴ Departments of Nursing, Medicine, and Population Health Sciences, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, United States

⁵ Department of Psychiatry, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States