Community Navigator recruitment and training
HIV or social determinants
STIS
Fifteen young GBMSM and transgender women of colour identified as informal leaders among their communities were recruited and trained to serve as Community Navigators completed four 4‐h training sessions, in two cohorts of seven to eight Community Navigators each. They were trained to serve as (1) health advisors to provide information to social network members to meet needs and priorities related to STI and HIV prevention (e.g., condom and pre‐exposure prophylaxis [PrEP] access and use), screening and treatment, as well as social determinants of health (e.g., employment and education), offering guidance on where and how to access available services; (2) opinion leaders to bolster healthy and reframe unhealthy norms and expectations related to STIs and HIV or social determinants of health (e.g., social support) and (3) community advocates to bring the voices of young GBMSM and transgender women of colour to local community organizations by sharing feedback for improvement based on the perspectives of social network members. Community Navigators were trained to use an adapted version of the ‘ask‐advise‐assist’ model,Community Navigators were provided a $50 stipend for each training session and each month of the 12‐month intervention implementation. They also were provided $50 per month to compensate for transportation costs.