HIV/STI prevention among Spanish-speaking migrants in Houston, Texas
- Research team: Primary investigator Higinio Fernández-Sánchez, PhD, RN
- Overview: The project aims will employe a Spanish-language survey and group conversations to assess HIV knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes of people served by Fundación Latino Americana de Acción Social in Houston.
- Funding sponsor: Texas Development Center for AIDS Research
- Project period: 2025-2026
- Budget: $50,000
Challenges in Transit Migration: Ethnographic Insights into Human Trafficking, Violence, and HIV
- Research team: Primary investigator Higinio Fernández-Sánchez, PhD, RN
- Overview: The project aims to develop a data-driven framework for targeted HIV-prevention interventions that consider cultural and technological factors through in-depth interviews and participant observations at shelters along four key migration routes through Mexico.
- Funding sponsor: Office of Global Health Initiatives at UTHealth Houston
- Project period: 1, 2024-Aug. 31, 2025
- Budget: $11,500
